Kimberly Kusauka
Masvingo urban ward 10 Councillor Sengerai Manyanga said Masvingo full council meetings were ‘useless’ talk shows where they come to discuss and pass resolutions that are not implemented.
This came out during a full council meeting held on December 01, live streamed by TellZim News as part of its recent resolution and partnership between the media house and Masvingo City Council.
Councillor Manyanga fumed after a proposal that the full council meeting should turn into a committee and members of the public and the media should leave the meeting.
“I think it is unfair that you chase away people from the full council meeting, they are the ratepayers so its unfair practise that we are doing here at council. It is useless to keep on doing these meetings when no resolutions are implemented.
“We agreed that we were going to build Mucheke rank but up to now there is grass and no progress being done. We agreed that there will be a revenue collection point at Exor but to no avail,” said Cllr Manyanga.
He went on to warn council management that they should take into consideration what the councillors said and implement saying they had power to hire and fire.
“You should try to listen to us councillors because you are a council worker and we can fire you at any time because you are failing to implement resolutions.
“We are not aware where you are getting such influence,” said Cllr Manyanga.
He went on to say full council meetings should be cancelled until previous resolutions have been implemented.
“I think full council meetings should be nullified until we make sure that resolutions which were passed have been followed we should nullify this meeting,” said Cllr Manyanga
He went on to accuse council managers of being late at work on daily basis and suggested that a log book be put in the Town Clerk’s office so that everyone who signs is seen by the Town Clerk.
“I come here around 8 am and sit in the car and I see most of the managers arriving after nine. The logbook should be put in the TC’s office so that everyone is seen when he arrives,” said Manyanga
Ward 8 Councillor Against Chiteme supported Manyanga saying they cannot sit for yet another full council meeting and pass resolutions when they have a backlog on implementation.
“We talked about building Mucheke rank a long time ago, but nothing has been done so far, so there is no purpose of sitting for this full council meeting if we do not implement resolutions. Today’s full council meeting should be nullified,” said Cllr Chiteme.
However, Maboke said the resolutions are not implemented yet because council was engaging in other projects.
Town Clerk Engineer Edward Mukaratirwa said the resolution about Mucheke bus terminus was still on the cards and they had a meeting with bus operators whom they urged to make use of the bus terminus.
“The Chamber Secretary and security officers had a meeting with bus operators last week in the PDC’s office, this afternoon I was informed of the follow up to that meeting concerning the parking of buses at Mucheke terminus.
“So it is not like as administration we have just paused, it is an issue that my office and Chamber Secretary’s office are pursing together with the Provincial Development Co-ordinator,” said Eng Mukaratirwa.
The resolution to build Mucheke bus terminus was passed in June and there was a Build Operate Transfer (BOT) going to be used for the construction of the terminus.
