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CHRA
Lawsuit
Combined Harare
Residents Association (CHRA)
July 02, 2007
The Combined Harare Residents
Association (CHRA) has today asked its lawyers to explore the possibility
of applying to the High Court for an interdict stopping the illegal
commission running the City of Harare from implementing the proposed
Supplementary Budget.
The Supplementary
Budget, totalling $1,44 trillion, was advertised in the Herald of
8 and 15 June 29007. Residents are expected to have made their objections
to the proposed budget by 8 July, while the budget has already been
implemented, making a mockery of the objections-making process.
This clearly
violates sections of the Urban
Councils Act (Chapter 29:15) which stipulate that residents
must be given thirty days to lodge their objections from the day
of the first advertisement in the media.
CHRA believes that the
supplementary budget is illegal. Justice Lawrence Kamocha ruled
on 2 March 2007 that the Harare Commission is illegal and has no
mandate to act on behalf of the City of Harare.
The Association is particularly
concerned with the attitude of the commission on issues of procedure.
The illegal commission disregarded the residents' objections
to the 2007 City Budget in January and proceed to implement the
2007 it.
Residents need to also
take note of the directive on all rents' increases issued
by the Cabinet Taskforce on Price Monitoring and Stabilisation (herald
29 June 2007). The taskforce said all rentals must return to the
levels of 18 June, meaning the City of Harare cannot therefore introduce
new rates for residents of Harare. The Commission is not exempt
from Cabinet Taskforces' directives.
The lawyers' response
to the Association's queries will determine how it responds
to the crisis of the supplementary budget.
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fact
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