They also complained that hundreds of vendors and their
customers were being forced to use just two toilets at Chitima Market.
Councillors said alleys in the city have a pungent smell because people used
them for toilets.
Councillor Wilstuf Sitemere said in a full council meeting
on Monday that the toilets are messy, they always don’t have running water and
they need to be upgraded. He was particularly irate about the toilets in the
CBD at Civic Center, at Croco Motors and the bus terminus near Metro Peach
Councillor Bernard Muchokwa said a water tank donated to
the public toilet at Chicken Inn near the Civic Center some 50 meters from
council offices has not been installed in over two months.
“My concern is about the state of our public toilets which
are continually deteriorating. Some areas don’t have toilets and it’s
sickening. I request that our health and housing committee visit and see state
of the art toilets constructed at Francis Aphiri Primary School,” said
Sitemere.
“We talked about this issue since last year and we were
given promises by our good managers in regards to Chitima Market toilets
upgrade. There are just two toilets being used by hundreds of vendors and their
clients. We received a water tank some months ago for the toilet at Chicken
Inn, some 50 meters from here but the tank has not been installed. Does it take
years to connect a simple tank or what? What is the problem?” asked Muchokwa.
“I have received countless calls over open defection in our
alleyways and the situation should be addressed. We can’t have such a situation
in our city,” said Mayor Aleck Tabe.
Chairperson of the Health, Housing and Environmental
Services Committee Councillor Maxwell Madhuna said his committee is seized with
the matter. Masvingo Mirror
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