Harare City councillors have given town clerk Hosiah
Chisango until October 31 to provide them with iPads in a move set to raise the
ire of residents receiving poor service delivery from the local authority.
Minutes of the finance and development committee, tabled at
a recent council meeting, show that councillors said the iPads were needed to
avoid consumption of paper on documents as well as equip them with the latest
information technology gadgets.
“It is resolved that the town clerk be tasked to ensure
that councillors and relevant officials are provided with I-pads by October 31,
2018,” part of the minutes read.
This is not the first time that councillors have made such
demands, with some who were in the previous council having threatened to
boycott meetings if they were not given iPads as promised.
Normally, council communications are printed and
distributed, but the move has been seen as going against green economy that
advocates for a paperless society and the preservation of waste.
In January this year, government ordered that Bulawayo
councillors pay for the free iPads they had received from council, with
authorities stating that the municipality had no right to purchase the gadgets
for the city fathers.
Meanwhile, council has resolved to commercialise part of
its health service units in a bid to improve service delivery. Among services
set to be commercialised with an initial capital injection of between $100 000
to $200 000 includes, the department of pest control service, the department of
radiological services and the city’s pharmaceuticals.
Council also resolved to project an initial capital
injection of$5 million for its hospitality ventures, which are, Cleveland and
Harava dams where hotels and chalets are set to be constructed.
At the Harava Dam, council plans to construct a three-star
hotel, upmarket ethnic lodges with camping sites and a golf course, among other
recreational facilities.
In the city centre, council wants to refurbish the two old
bus termini, Market Square and Charge Office, with a view to expand them.
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