He said the
Town Clerk is earning as much as US$27 000 per month while the lowest ranked
director is pocketing US$15 000 a month.
Collectively,
he said, the salary bill for the top executives was around US$500 000 a month.
The fat pay
cheques don’t tally with the poor service delivery in the capital.
It also
appears, from Mafume’s submission before the Commission of Inquiry into the
affairs of the City of Harare, that the huge salaries are a closely guarded
secret.
The only time
he viewed the salaries, he said, was when the Acting Human Resources Manager
allowed him to go through the salary sheet following an order from the Town
Clerk.
On a dramatic
day for the Mayor, Mafume was yesterday found guilty of breaching Section 13 of
the Commissions of Inquiry Act for lying under oath.
He was ordered
to pay a fine of US$300 or serve three months of imprisonment.
He apologised
to the Commission for leading it to a wrong address while having given the
address as his correct home location while under oath.
“Yes, my Lord, I take full responsibility for
my actions, and I would like to extend my apologies, my heartfelt apologies to
the Commission for the misleading information. I have indeed given the rest of
my evidence to the Commission,” he said.
He was grilled
as to why the City Council was failing to repair roads in the capital when it
could afford to pay its executives such fat salaries.
Mafume said: “We
have made the arguments since 2009, all revenues directed for repair of the
roads were diverted to ZINARA, including vehicle licences, fuel levy, carbon
tax, in the main.
“From ZINARA,
at the beginning, we were getting a bit of money but for the past five years or
six we have only been getting an equivalent of US$2 million, that is
insufficient even to do pothole patching.
“Previously
City Councils used to collect the vehicle licence levy which the world over is
used to repair the roads.
“Then in 2009,
the law was changed, the money no longer comes to Council but goes to ZINARA
who then distributes it to Councils.
“We only got
US$2million, for this year, we were lucky “Last year we were lucky that there
was SADC and thankfully a lot of investments were done on the roads.” H Metro
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