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Residents'
woes continue unabated
Combined Harare
Residents Association (CHRA)
February 27, 2009
Harare residents
from the Glen Norah high density suburb (ward 27 and 28) met with
their Councilors yesterday (26 February 2009), under the Combined
Harare Residents Association (CHRA) 'Meet your Councilor'
Public meeting series to discuss and find solutions to some problems
which have continued to plague the city. The residents reiterated
the call by the Dzivarasekwa and Glenview residents that they will
not pay the exorbitant forex rates until their demand are met and
the city's 2009 budget is in place. The residents, among other
things, raised concerns over the tardiness of the Zinwa to Council
hand-over take over process of water and sewer reticulation which
have seen them pay exorbitant rates while they continue to fetch
water from unprotected and cholera infested sources among other
things.
The issues and
demands
The residents
discussed and demanded;
- Freezing
of payments of the exorbitant forex rates until the budget is
finalized
- Reasonable
stop-gap measures (to allow Council to continue functioning)
- Non-cosmetic
residents consultation before approval of budget
- Affordable
rates and fair/legal exchange rates for clear accountability purposes.
- Improved
municipal (and other) service delivery (refuse collection, road
maintenance, street lighting and all other services)
- Speedy hand-over
take-over of water and sewer reticulation (from Zinwa to Council)
- Improved
clean water supply across the whole city.
- Improved
health delivery effective control and subsequent eradication of
Cholera which is still affecting residents as it is still claiming
lives in Budiriro, Glen-Norah, Glenview, Dzivarasekwa, Kuwadzana,
Highfields, Mbare, Mabvuku-Tafara and many other parts of the
city.
CHRA will continue
to facilitate such and other platforms to afford the residents a
chance to engage with their local and national leaders over service
delivery and local and central governance issues which affect their
socio-economic, political, cultural and other spheres of life. The
Association remains a vehicle for lobbying and advocating for effective,
transparent, affordable, non-partisan and professional service delivery
and observance of democratic principles at local and central governance
levels.
Visit the CHRA
fact
sheet
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