Thabiso Nxumalo
Masvingo City Council ward 10 councilor has challenged council to employ a vehicle tracking system on its fleet so as to curb misuse of the local authority’s vehicles.
Speaking during a full council meeting held on March 28, Councillor Sengerai Manyanga said that he has seen council cars parked at places where they should not be such as recreational and social joints and as a preventive measure implored management at Town House to install tracking systems on their vehicles and also assign a specific official to take care and monitor errands of vehicles.
“I have on countless occasions seen council cars parked at places they should not be. Jst last week I saw one of the vehicles at a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rally in Rujeko. I do not know if that particular council official was there for official business or personal.
“As such, I suggest that council appoints someone who will be in charge of the whereabouts of the fleet or install tracking systems so as to ensure that we do not lose money on fuel costs and fixing company cars that will have developed faults on personal errands, which is not fair,” said Manyanga.
The City Council’s engineering department acknowledged in full council minutes this publication is in possession of that most of their vehicles were developing faults and the top cause being idling.
“It was reported that most causes were related to idling, which was acceptable in council especially with refuse trucks,” read the statement.
