Government Gives Councils Green Light To Fire Non-performing Officials

The government has given the green light to councils the powers to retrench non-performing senior managers and staff. This was revealed by Harare mayor Councillor Herbert Gomba. In a meeting with Harare residents in Avondale last week, Gomba said that Local Government minister July Moyo had given councils these powers and that no political cover would be given to them. Gomba had this to say

In the past, we used to have a challenge as council whenever we fired a senior official. They would rush to central government for cover and the ministry would then instruct us to reinstate them. But this time around, things have changed. The minister has given us powers to fire those who are not working.

What happened last year when we suspended four senior managers should have taught our people that the regime has changed. We hear of district officials who are not working, but busy doing other things in offices, that time has gone.