# The UDM is calling on the Electricity and Energy Department to fast-track a national audit and phased electrification programme for all informal settlements across the country. The party says for years, government authorities have treated informal settlements as temporary spaces rather than permanent communities deserving of basic services. UDM acting secretary-general, Zandile Phiri, says by withholding electricity, water, roads and fire hydrants, municipalities have entrenched conditions that make these areas unsafe and unliveable:
UDM urges GNU to make prevention of shack fires a national governance priority [SOUND]
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