Collins Obar gestures toward a new high-rise building in an office on Tuesday, 11 October, 2022 near the private neighborhood borehole he manages in Nairobi. Thousands of boreholes dot the East African capitals of Nairobi, Maputo and Harare, supplementing public water systems that have been allowed to wither. The boreholes, experts say, are a partial symptom of neoliberal policies -- often enforced by institutions in which Canada has an outsized role -- that limit investment in publicly owned municipal infrastructure.
Collins Obar gestures toward a new high-rise building in an office on Tuesday, 11 October, 2022 near the private neighborhood borehole he manages in Nairobi. Thousands of boreholes dot the East African capitals of Nairobi, Maputo and Harare, supplementing public water systems that have been allowed to wither. The boreholes, experts say, are a partial symptom of neoliberal policies -- often enforced by institutions in which Canada has an outsized role -- that limit investment in publicly owned municipal infrastructure.

Playing a key role in keeping some African countries from growing their undersized sewerage systems, Canada's government projects the image of an infrastructure saviour. It's anything but.

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