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Chombo brings Chitungwiza Town Council to a halt
Chitungwiza Progressive Residents
July 23, 2011

The Chitungwiza Progressive Residents Association is shocked by the continued deterioration of service delivery in Chitungwiza. It is our view that the continued interference of Ignatius Chombo, the Local Government Minister in the affairs of the city of Chitungwiza is the major stumbling block towards the achievement of improved service delivery, accountability and transparency, a core demand by the residents of Chitungwiza. CHIPRA wishes to make it clear to Ignatius Chombo, the town clerk, the councilors and all those at town house that they will all be held to account for the massive looting of council property and land at the expense of residents who have been on waiting list for residential stands for decades. The guaranteed immunity to the corrupt and incompetent councilors by Minister Chombo has seen the residents of Chitungwiza going for more than two weeks without water, erratic and unreliable collection of refuse and a complete halt in the rehabilitation of the city's roads. Currently market stalls normally designated and paid for by vendors in St Mary´s and Zengeza 3 are at the center of an ownership dispute between the residents and the greedy council officials.

CHIPRA calls upon the Principals to the inclusive government to conduct a probe into the alleged corrupt activities of Minister Chombo, the Town Clerk of Chitungwiza, the Mayor, the Director of Housing, the expelled councilors and the whole staff at town house so as to avert a looming health hazard reminiscent of the 2008 - 2009 cholera outbreak. The people of Chitungwiza are urgently calling for transparency and efficient service delivery. We also call upon for the urgent revisiting of the Local Government Act which gives Minister Chombo and his appointed Town Clerk more powers than the people of Chitungwiza themselves.

The Chitungwiza Progressive Residents Association will not rest until the mess that has infested our local authority has been cleaned.

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