It has been encourgaing to notice that the issue of getting our
salaries in foreign currency at the banks has improved and the
availability of getting more products from the shops has improved and
at lower prices than a month ago.
The bright future that this country is expecting is however, being
tainted by an increase in such services as telephone bills, rates and
schools.
It is our only hope that due to the past failures of the Zanu PF
government, our best hope in seeing these challenges being looked into
is through the MDC ministers who are now in government.
These ministers should urgently look into the issue of the city
councils charging astronomical rates both for household and business.Â
This is despite the fact that some household and business properties
have gone for days or even weeks without water yet they are being given
bills of over US$150.00.
How did the councils came up with these figures yet people have been
failing to get access to clean water. We know that the city council
inherited the treatment and supply of potable water from an incomptent
parastatal, Zinwa and need to be fully operational but however, they
should put the interests of its residents first and look at whether the
charges they are giving out are resonable.
It is also worrying that another parastatal, Telone has taken advantage
of the dollarisation process and is billing its clients out of this
world amounts without any reasonable justification.
The MDC ministers should urgently look into this matter as I believe
that by charging these wierd amounts some people out there would like
to see the inclusive government failing.
Lets bring transparency back to the country.
Agrippa Zvomuya,
Harare.
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