Chisango is on remand over a street lights deal. The Herald
reports that he testified that councillors were responsible for the unnecessary
workshops, adding that the total expenditure could have been even higher if
some of their proposals were not rejected.
“I think even some of my directors would confirm that there
were serious concerns raised and there were other issues where we would have to
prioritise and say that we needed to pay other expenses before proceeding with
workshops,” Chisango said. “However, there was always pressure to prioritise
issues related to workshops and seminars.”
“Regularly our councillors would request to have seminars
and workshops. The first thing immediately after the constitution of council
following elections, we have induction workshops to bring them up to speed with
council operations.
“So, we used to have 46 councillors, but we currently have
59 councillors and these workshops, obviously they would consume money in terms
of accommodation and other expenses.
“There are induction workshops and over and above those,
the councillors would always request that when they make policy, if they
formulate certain policies, they would always request to have a workshop and
those are the costs that we incur.”
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