Harare Water Crisis: "We Gave Them Monies, Loans & They Bought Vehicles,"
Acting Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi, has said that the central government was setting up a team of technocrats to assist Harare City Council to handle $37,4 million that was availed by Treasury last week. The money was meant for capital projects.
His remarks come when the local authority is struggling to constantly provide potable water to the residents. They also come when there were reports that the subnational government misused US$144 million dollars loan from the Chinese Export and Import (EXIM) Bank that was meant for the rehabilitation of water and sewer treatment plants around the city.
Local Authority’s clerk, Hosiah Chisango, however, argues that the “luxurious” vehicles the Council bought were part of the loan agreement.
Ziyambi said that the government had lost faith in the City Fathers. He added:
We are giving them money for capital projects, but what we have decided to do is to have a committee to support them, we no longer trust them, we have in the past given them monies, loans and they bought vehicles so we want this money to be used for the specific purpose it has been released hence we are setting up this committee to assist them do that.
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More: The Herald
