By Paul Nyathi| Harare Mayor, Councillor Benard Manyenyeni has revealed that Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Dr John Mangudya has released half the foreign currency needed by the City of Harare to purchase water purification chemicals.
“It is not a bad way to end the year when the Reserve Bank Governor phones to say that 2 days ago he released FOREX payments to two of the suppliers of water treatment chemicals for the City,” said mayor Manyenyeni in a statement on Saturday afternoon.
According to the mayor, Mangudya indicated that he was going to release the balance of the money as a matter of urgency to sort the dire water situation in the capital.
The governor made the commitment after initially promising to release the foreign currency in small amounts every week to which the mayor objected.
“He promised to avail a fixed amount a week for this critical need. I indicated that it was less than half of our needs. He then agreed to fund our full FOREX requirements for water treatment,” said Manyenyeni.
The City of Harare is involved in a critical water situation where visibly dirty and sewage contaminated water is being pumped to the residents.
Interviewed by journalists on Friday after a public dialogue on the City’s service delivery capacity, the Mayor battled to convince the city residents on the quality of the water encouraging residents to use the water with caution.
The mayor however feels hard done by his council executive staff who are not coming on board in prioritising finding solutions to the water problem.
“I did indicate to my Acting Town Clerk that in crisis situations like these we hold meetings 24/7. I am reminded of the former Town Clerk Dr Mahachi who refused to join me for a flood crisis in Warren Park suburb 3 years ago . The remark: “Mayor don’t call us for these things over weekends. You won’t get anyone – we will be at our farms!” Said Manyenyeni.
Watch video of Manyenyeni encouraging residents to exercise caution when using the city water….
9 Replies to “DIRTY WATER BREAKTHROUGH- Mangudya Steps In”
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Ndezvekutukana here ndaifunga kuti its a discussion. Hazvinei hazvo.
Iwe imbwa Mugabe is gone. Hatina kumwa mvura inemadhobhi. Stop blaming your past. The new government has been in office for over a month. This is their problem
Governor of the RBZ is the one who wakes up one day and decides whether we have dirty water or not. Mahumbwe chaiwo wangu.
A waiver of water bills is not good idea we do not want to go back to Chombo era the thief. The previous President and his wife were not serious about people’s health allowing people to drink dirty water while they go on holidays and foreign treatments. Surely God is not a fool he was watching everything that is why he was removed unexpectedly
People should be spared from paying for the dirty water not even good enough to clean and tractor coming from the muddy fields. Responsible authorities pliz dont be reminded what you are being paid to do it’s an insult.those not performing should be shown the door way .let them go and look after goats in their A1 plots and leave this beautiful city alone. Asante sana
I am persuaded to agree with you!
Is this a country or a bottle store? Honestly speaking chinyika chonzi Zimbabwe marara chaiwo!!!
This is unbelievable. Only releasing money because the water is dirty. How much will be stolen and how long will it take.
Good move but will we get clean water after pumping something close to water for weeks without informing the residents of this criminal act, i think we deserve a waiver of water bills for the next three months or residents will resort to court cases starting january 2018