This is the
house where Chiduwa and his wife, Fungai Maregedze who is also the chairperson
of Zaka Rural District Council (RDC) stay, but the two powerful politicians
have been forced to stay watching the sewer flooding their residence as council
takes no action.
The sewer which
is now flowing to other houses is now a cause for concern as some residents
from that area have been showing signs and symptoms of typhoid this week.
“Several people
in this street have been complaining of running stomachs, vomiting and weak
joints. We have some residents who went to the clinic and are suspected to have
typhoid. We call upon the Council’s health department to attend to this issue
as a matter of urgency,” a resident revealed to TellZim News.
Contacted for
comment on the situation, Masvingo City Mayor Alec Tabe said he was not aware
of the situation but promised that his engineering team will attend to the
sewer burst as soon as possible.
“I was not
aware of the situation but have forwarded to the engineering department so they
will attend to the situation soon,” Tabe told TellZim News.
Sources from the area said the situation has
been like that for almost three weeks now.
Efforts to get
a comment from Chiduwa were futile as he did not respond to the questions sent
to him by TellZim News. Instead of responding to the questions, Chiduwa
forwarded the questions to ‘his favourite’ journalist who works for another
media house. The journalist later reached out to TellZim.
Chiduwa’s wife, however, confirmed to TellZim
News that the situation has been like that for close to three weeks now.
“The situation
is like that for years whenever it rains but council cannot find a permanent
solution to the problem. As of now, it has been like this for more than three
weeks and council has not attended to the problem,” said Maregedze.
“We heard the
sewerline was put in place for a certain number of households but the number of
houses multiplied by more than 10 so the pipes are being overwhelmed and these
are the results,” Maregedze added.
Masvingo United
Residents and Ratepayers Alliance (MURRA) Spokesperson Godfrey Mutimba said
council should find lasting solutions to the sewer challenges and be mindful of
the population growth as they plan.
“We urge city
council to improve the city sewer reticulation system to meet the new
population demand and even plan for future population boom otherwise residents
will be affected health wise,” said Mutimba.
Masvingo City
Health and Environmental Services Director Suzane Madamombe told TellZim News
that they had not recorded any typhoid case in town nor any suspected case. She
also urged residents to go to any of the council clinics if they suspect any
typhoid case so that they get medical attention.
“We have not
recorded any confirmed or suspected case of typhoid as of now. I want to urge
residents to report to any of our clinics if there is any suspected case so
that we do tests,” said Madamombe. TellZimNews
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