MDC Alliance councillors in Marondera last week walked out
of a meeting called by the Provincial Development Coordinator (PDC) Tarubarira
Kutamahufa at Government Complex protesting the presence of a police officer.
This paper is reliably informed that the councillors
protested why a member of Police Internal Security Intelligence was attending
the meeting before they all walked out, resulting in the meeting ending
pre-maturely.
Deputy mayor Bornface Tagwireyi yesterday said the
councillors walked out of the meeting following the business community’s recent
refusal to attend a budget meeting at council chambers.
“I was not there, but the business community reported us to
the resident minister resulting in us being summoned to her office. Remember
that the business community walked out of a council budget meeting recently, so
the councillors did the same. I will get the finer details from the mayor
because I was in Kariba,” he said.
Marondera mayor Chengetai Murowa was not picking calls
yesterday.
Marondera Urban Business Association (MUBA) chairperson
Carlos Pindirire confirmed that the councillors walked out of the meeting.
“The councillors walked out of the meeting after the (PDC)
had summoned them to deliberate issues that were raised by the business
community. The meeting didn’t go as planned due to the behaviour of the
council,” he said.
Government last week summoned all councillors following a
chaotic supplementary budget meeting that saw members of the business community
in Marondera walking out of the meeting accusing council of ignoring their
concerns.
The business community under MUNA recently told council
that they will only participate in a new budget exercise after council provides
answers to their queries; among them the existence of a parking company that is
collecting money from motorists with reports that council is not benefiting
from the deal.
The MDC councillors, however, accused MUBA members for
being linked to Zanu PF hence their move to disrupt their operations. Newsday
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