MUTARE - The MDC-T has told its councillors in Mutare City Council to desist from corrupt activities as it would tarnish the image of the popular party.
Tapiwa Mashakada, the MDC deputy secretary general, who is leading an MDC anti-corruption team, was in Mutare last week to audit the performance of the councillors. Mashakada told the MDC-T councillors that they should not neglect their duties and should abstain from unscrupulous practices. H ordered them to put the council in order within two months or face serious consequences. Mashakada said his team would be back in the eastern border city in two months to assess the situation.
“We are coming back in two months time and we want to see water flowing into people’s homes,” Mashakada told The Zimbabwean. “Although we appreciate that money is hard to come by, service delivery like road maintenance should be improved. “Our investigations so far have revealed that a lot is happening in Mutare. We discovered that some of our councillors were illegally disposing stands allocated to them while some of them were borrowing from council,” Mashakada said. He added that the MDC-T did not have anything to hide and was prepared to expose any wrongdoing in councils under its control.
“We gathered that some of the councillors who benefited from stands were swapping them for vehicles, and we ordered the practice to stop because such actions are driven by greed,” he said.
“We will not tolerate malpractice by our members and I think the councillors now know what their duties are, and not to do as they like,” he added. The MDC accuses its councillors under the Mutare City Council of neglecting their duties and engaging in corrupt activities. This was after residents had complained that the councillors were involved in corrupt activities, which included the irregular allocation of stands among themselves. The councillors were also accused of borrowing money from the treasury department for personal use. They owe the council up to $24 644 in unpaid debts.
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