Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Owen Ncube, has criticised Kwekwe Ward 10 Councillor and businessman Solomon Matsa for reporting Kwekwe City Council to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) over alleged mismanagement of funds collected from vendors.
Ncube called Matsa’s action “nonsense” and told him to stop fighting a lost cause during a briefing at Kwekwe Civic Centre on Monday. Said Ncube:
“There is huge investment happening in Kwekwe because the town clerk, her team and the mayor are working very hard.
“I am surprised that one of you councillors rushes to ZACC to report what I call rubbish so this must stop because you cannot win this war without coming to us. You are doing what we call unorthodox operations.”
Ncube also warned council officials and heads of government departments against reporting any issues outside the district. He said:
“This will not work; we want this to stop in Kwekwe. Are we in agreement? Whether you will go outside and change the story, I don’t care.
“We want all issues to be resolved internally in Kwekwe, not outside Kwekw,e because there are some people who are answerable to whatever you say.”
Matsa reported Kwekwe City to ZACC over claims that the council collects between US$100,000 and US$150,000 from vendors each month, but only US$4,000 reaches the council’s accounts.
He filed the report in August last year, saying he had carried out his own investigations before taking the matter to the council and ZACC.
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