Harare City Council has sent acting town clerk Dr Cainos Chingombe on forced leave, barely a week after his appointment to allow for investigations on allegations of defying Government’s directive to cut executive salaries last year. Health Services director Dr Prosper Chonzi has meanwhile been appointed acting town clerk.
According to an audit report sanctioned by the Local Government, Public Works and National Housing ministry, seven council executives continued to earn between $12 000 and $21 000 from October 2014 to June 2015 against $10 450 for the highest earner as stipulated by the Government.
Councillors yesterday held a special full council meeting with an amended agenda in which they resolved to send on forced leave only signatories, a departure from an earlier plan to send all substantive directors on leave.
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