ACTING Gweru City Council Town Clerk, Mr Vakai Douglas
Chikwekwe, who was recently implicated in a fuel scandal at the local authority
has been evicted from a farm he was leasing from Zanu-PF.
The Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial Executive Committee
yesterday resolved to evict Mr Chikwekwe from the farm which he had also failed
to utilise to maximum capacity. Zanu-PF Midlands Provincial chairperson
Engineer Daniel Mckenzie Ncube said the party has resolved to evict
Mr Chikwekwe as the party now wants to utilise the property
for its own developmental and income generating projects.
“As the provincial executive, some of the issues that we
discussed is the party land that is in proximity to the Convention Centre. Part
of the land had been leased to acting Town Clerk of Gweru City Council. We have
resolved to evict him from the property with immediate effect,” he said.
Eng Ncube said the process of evicting him had already been
initialised. He said there are also complaints that some of the council workers
who supported the party were being victimised at the council.
“We have also raised concerns in the manner some of the
people who are perceived to be pro-Zanu-PF are being treated at Gweru City
Council. We are informed that they are being victimised along those lines. We
are not happy about it because that is unprofessional,” he said.
Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs Senator
Larry Mavima corroborated that his office was inundated with complaints over
the day to day operations at Gweru City Council.
“I have appraised the Minister of Local Government (and
Public Works) Cde July Moyo over the issues at Gweru City Council. He is seized
with the matter and we will give you a comprehensive update once the matter has
been concluded,” he said.
Mr Chikwekwe has been implicated in the fuel scandal where
he was being accused of misusing council fuel. Ironically, he was not charged
by council but instead was asked to reimburse the fuel. Sunday News
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