Outgoing Harare Mayor Councillor, Bernard Manyenyeni has urged the residents of the capital city to elect competent and qualified councillors in the 2018 harmonised elections. Manyenyeni who apologised for leaving the city in such a sorry state announced that he was retiring from active politics. In his last State of the City Address, Manenyenyeni said,
Those seeking mandates from residents must demonstrate their understanding or capacity to understand key issues in council. I had a privilege of sharing insights with prospective councillors across the political divide yesterday (Tuesday). I was not encouraged. They must convince us that they have what it takes to take Harare out of its mess. It is not about just the capacity to secure electoral votes. Being elected does not in itself give one the competence to function effectively as a councillor. Competence comes from a combination of education, training, experience and exposure.
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thank you for stating that you going out of active politics, we do not accept your apolpogy you and your many MDC councillors you took us for a ride, i have been to Mabvuku, Tafara, Kuwadzana there is no regular refuse collections, some surburbs up to now receieve no water or once a week the roads are in a Sorry state the ward Mt pleasant the roads are worse than before very tattered now, the councillors want to honour Morgan tsvangirai with naming a road after him you tooo much like Mugabe led government