Critical in this endeavour are the following:
1. Forensic Audit into all Council Assets and Investments/Revenue Projects.
2. A clear system of public disclosure on the performance of these investments and all revenue generation projects of Council. This to include regular (quarterly) income/expenditure statements.
3. Determining of clear and robust accountability systems, their implementation and power of oversight committees
4. Councilors must have clear risk management controls/mechanisms to arrest corruption at the very early stages.
5. Councilors as custodians of the Town House, on behalf of the residents, must be clearly empowered and capacitated to plug off the gaps used by technocrats to fuel and camouflage corruption.
It is our clear conviction that the apparent gaps in the governance of the Town House through legitimately elected councils has fuelled the rot. The oversight role of the councilors is also greatly compromised by a system of patronage that has destroyed the very fibre of professionalism and ethical behaviour.
In the interest of transparency and accountability, the decision by the Council’s Audit Committee, to suspend the Town Clerk, so as to pave way for unhindered investigations, must be effected by the Mayor of the City as soon as possible. This is critical in the wake of the propensity by the city officials to fleece residents and ratepayers of their meagre foreign currency resources.
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