Chombo To Appoint Another Harare Commission
Makwavarara To Stay???

The term of the Makwvarara Harare Commission expires this Saturday. Local Authority and National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo, is quoted in the state-run Herald saying another Commission will be appointed. The Minister is silent on whether or not political turn-coat Sekesayi Makwvarara will survive the chop or not. Her term has been extended three times in two years, despite divisions within the ruling party itself over her reckless extravagance.

By Trudy Stevenson Shadow Minister Of Local Government
of the MDC led by Arthur Mutambara


Residents of Harare Need Elected Leadership to Run the City, Not Commissions

The life span of the Commission that has been running the affairs of the city of Harare comes to an end on Saturday this week. Residents of Harare deserve nothing short of an elected and accountable leadership to take over from the corrupt and dysfunctional Sekesai Makwavarara led Commission that was forcibly imposed on the residents by the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and Urban Development, Ignatius Chombo two years ago when he dismissed an elected MDC led Council.

It appears Minister Chombo is determined to stifle democracy by extending the term of the Makwavarara Commission. This is in-spite of the overwhelming evidence to the contrary, typified by poor service delivery; rampant looting of council property, corruption, mismanagement of council property and carefree attitude coupled with downright arrogant behaviour towards the plight of the rate payers that is being exhibited by both the minister and members of the Commission. This is totally unacceptable and it must be stopped.

Chombo spoke of appointing a new commission as if to suggest that there was no alternative to commissions. The alternative is there and it is to give the people of Harare their democratic right to elect those that they feel are competent enough to run the affairs of the city.

MDC joins the residents of Harare in resisting Chombo’s obnoxious, stinking and hypocritical machinations by demanding their right to elect leaders of their choice to run the affairs of the city.