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Transport and Justice ministers Felix Mhona and Ziyambi Ziyambi respectively have been consistent in coming to Parliament to give the nation answers pertaining to government policies. July Moyo and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga top the list of Ministers who frequently abscond Parliament.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is yet to reveal to the public the status of the fire engines and trucks procurement which caused controversy last year after Local Government Minister July Moyo was accused of signing the deal with Belarusian companies without following due procedures.
Local Government Minister July Moyo has appointed a committee to investigate the conduct of Harare City Council with regards to the issue of parking fees that has caused outrage in the capital.
High Court judge Justice Justice Priscilla Munangati Manongwa this week issued a prohibition order banning Local Government Minister July Moyo from interfering with the day to day running of local authorities.
Government Ministers have seemingly disregarded Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s threat to punish those who continue to abscond Parliament business. Kuwadzana East legislator Charlton Hwende on Wednesday raised the matter after several Ministers failed to attend the National Assembly question and answer session conducted every Wednesday.
Local Government minister July Moyo will be summoned to Parliament to explain the procedure he is using when disbursing ZWL42,5 billion (US$388 888 889 according to the official rate of the time) devolution funds without an Act of Parliament, Nehanda Radio has established.
Local Government minister July Moyo has once again interfered with the operation of local authorities, suspending six opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors in Chitungwiza including Lovemore Maiko who was crowned mayor of the town last week. The Minister allegedly did this in support of Douglas Mwonzora’s ally Kiven Mutimbanyoka who had been replaced by Maiko after winning the mayoral election on Friday last week.
Government has resolved to settle the current debt the Harare City Council (HCC) is refusing to honour in the scandalous Pomona waste-to-energy deal the council says was corruptly entered into with Netherlands based company Geogenix B.V.
The City of Harare has made it clear to Local Government Minister July Moyo that their priority is to buy ambulances instead of fire tenders.
Moyo wrote to local authorities recently indicating that the government would divert part of the devolution funds, US$55 million, to buying fire trucks from Belarus for 89 councils in a deal that raises suspicions of irregularities and corruption.
“How do you buy a fire tender for Mwenezi where the only valuable building is a toto factory? A factory that makes mukumbi. And you buy a US$500 000 fire tender,” Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume said.
“How do you buy a fire tender for some rural district council where it is cheaper to allow a hut to burn out than to race a fire tender towards that hut? I can’t understand the logic of some of these processes.
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has accused Deputy Local Government Minister Marian Chombo of misrepresenting facts before the National Assembly claiming councils requested for fire tenders that were set to chew more than US$55 million of devolution funds.