r Gono criticised Zinwa for taking over water and sewer responsibilities when it did not have the capacity to
deliver.
He said it was disheartening that some parts of the country go for up to 10 days without water.
When reporting to Cabinet, government officials should say what they were able to do rather than exaggerate what they thought they could do, Gono advised.
“Where we are failing we must go back to Cabinet for reviews of decisions.
There is nothing wrong in reviewing certain decisions”, he said.
Local authorities and the public have lobbied against Zinwa’s ambitious water take-over since its proposal last year.
Minister Munacho Mutezo has vowed that the state authority would forcibly take over all water operations, despite protests. – CAJ News
2.8.2007
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Gono knocks Zinwa
HARARE - Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, Gideon Gono, has agreed with the public that the government-run Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) lacked the capacity to run water affairs.
Departing from his prepared speech at the Zimbabwe Local Government conference in Harare last week, D