HARARE City Council has suspended four senior officials for
alleged dereliction of duty and contributing to the water crisis in the city.
The axe fell on head of city chemistry, production manager
and water distribution manager and their alleged transgressions include failure
to act decisively on leakages, arrogance and taking long to attend to faults,
among others.
Mayor Herbert Gomba confirmed the development, saying the
move was meant to improve service delivery and get rid of non-performers.
“As we are working together as Zimbabweans and residents of
Harare in particular, we have discovered that some among us are not playing
ball in as far as the transformation of the city is concerned. We have managers
who are reposed with the mandate to deliver services, but are not doing so
according to expectation.
“Managers are supposed to visit the areas where work is
supposed to be. A chemist or production manager and distribution manager should
be on the ground to ensure work is done. Facts are that they are not and we
will act to protect our residents under the mantra ‘residents first’,” he said.
Gomba read the riot act at a high-level meeting held at
Town House last week where he also ordered the council’s water department to
vacate a rented building they were using in the city and make use of either
Cleveland or Rowan Martin, both council premises.
Council sources said all divisional failing to perform
their duties will be taken before a disciplinary committee.
It was also revealed that most workers at the council’s
biggest water treatment plant, Morton Jaffray Waterworks, were spending most of
their time running personal errands, including selling fish at the ratepayers’
expense. Newsday
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