Shal is also the CEO for rural transformation and we asked him about two more villages in the south which have signed "free, prior and informed consent agreement and will soon be getting solar-powered electricity. Otoxha and Mabil Ha are the next two on the list for the Ministry of Rural Transformation. The CEO explained today that there are 22 villages still without electricity.

Valentino Shal, CEO, Ministry of Labor

So without electricity, I think it's 22 villages.

Reporter

Brought down from home much when the PUP got into power?

Valentino Shal, CEO, Ministry of Labor

I can't recall exactly. But every year we have been adding villages and so recently we just added two new villages to we get solar, this is Otoxha and Mabil Ha And, we're looking into others as well but we keep we keep ticking off the boxes when it comes to electricity. And the same thing with water, I believe we have about 15 villages without water remaining. Most of them are in the Toledo district, only one is in the Corozal District. And, we are going to address that in the Corozal district and a couple more in the Toledo district. So we're working towards universal coverage. And I think that by 2030, everybody in Belize will have running water. That's our goal.