By James Gwati- President Emerson Mnangagwa has declared war on the Nelson Chamisa’s opposition MDC-Alliance councils which he is accusing of failing to deliver services to urban dwellers.

The President on Wednesday said all Chamisa’s local councils officials must be booted out of office.

Addressing the Politburo meeting at his Zanu PF party head offices in Harare, the Mnangagwa said his government had already taken decisive steps to intervene in urban councils to curb “a myriad of malfeasance”.

“It has become obvious to all our people that the opposition-led councils have failed to deliver services to the people. We must vote them out of these councils. Our people have suffered long enough and we must deliver a better quality of services. Government has made bold and decisive decisions. In this regard, a Joint Ministerial Taskforce chaired by Vice President Chiwenga is seized with the unlawful settlements, inclusive of settlements on wetlands, so that we bring relief to the people as soon as possible,” he said.

Contrary to Mnangagwa’s allegations, his government is the one which controls all the local authorities through his top ally, July Moyo’s Ministry of Local Government.

All the local authorities report to July Moyo, who then makes policies and conclusive decisions on their operations.