Deputy Local
Government minister, Albert Tawanda Mavunga, said this while addressing a youth
forum early this week.
Mavunga said
local authorities were mandated to improve on service delivery in line with a
recent Cabinet resolution on the minimum service delivery standards.
“For example in
Harare, the municipality is expected to deliver water 24 hours, if they don’t
have the ability and capacity, central government now steps in, when they
cannot maintain or rehabilitate roads, local government will now step in, when
they cannot collect garbage or provide proper waste management, Geo Pomona
steps in through local government, so that all our citizens receive the service
delivery they deserve,” Mavunga said.
Councils have
come under fire from residents for poor service delivery, especially in the
refuse, water and sanitation areas, resulting in cholera cases being recorded
from time to time.
Residents’
associations have previously petitioned Parliament to discharge its oversight
function on issues of service delivery by local authorities.
Local
authorities have, in return, said central government was excessively
interfering in their activities and, in most cases, failing to pay for services
rendered.
Addressing a
full council meeting earlier this week, Harare mayor Jacob Mafume said they
were working with central government to improve service delivery in the city. Newsday
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