Tinashe Sambiri|Former Harare Mayor Councillor Ben Manyenyeni has said Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa should focus on reviving the country’s economy instead of concentrating on removing MDC Alliance led local authorities.

On Wednesday Mr Mnangagwa urged Zanu PF members to work tirelessly to regain control of Urban councils.

Said Manyenyeni in a statement:
Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is a consistent guy.

He is an intensely partisan political figure.

That his current job is Head of State will not change that.

That urban local authorities are under his government means nothing to him.

That there are serious interventions needed to fix our municipalities is not his priority

That his 41-year old government is responsible for where this country finds itself in escapes him.

Instead of leading the national cohesion, recovery and the restoration of functional local government systems he is focused on removing MDC A from councils in 2023.

He conveniently ignores the reality that it is not just urban councils which are in bad shape but it is ZIMBABWE as a whole that must recover from 41 years of MISRULE.

Government is a ghost, parastatals are a disaster. It’s because of MDC A – I presume?

LEAD, Mr PRESIDENT.

Park the politicking, Sir, LEAD.