Jane Mlambo| Harare City Mayor Herbert Gomba has denied that the local authority has been given $42 million by the government adding that the supplies that were said to be stuck at the Beitbridge border only covers until the end of October.

Writing on microblogging site Twitter on Sunday, Gomba said they have received 11 cylinder of chlorine gas to take the city to October with the chemicals purchased by internal resources mobilised by the city fathers.

“To inform my bosses our residents that the truck which was wrongly said to be stuck at the boarder arrived with 11 cylinders of chlorine gas , that should take us thru October, again that was a purchase done by Cl using internal resources as we are waiting for gvnt support funds,” said Gomba.

“We have not received the said money yet from the central government, will inform the public when the money has been transferred into both the municipal and Chemplex account, for now, we are using internal resources for our municipal work, be blessed,” added Gomba.

A report in the Sunday Mail claimed that HCC has received an additional $42 million from the government to enable it to procure water chemicals.