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The Combined
Harare Residents' Association (CHRA) is extremely concerned
by the errant behaviour of the powers that be at the Zimbabwe National
Water Authority (Zinwa) including the Ministry of Water Resources
and Infrastructural Development, Munacho Mutezo and his deputy,
Walter Mzembi.
The incessant complaints
typical of cry babies and failures are intended to camouflage their
incapacity to satisfy the demand for water.
Mutezo, was quoted in
the May 15 Herald accusing the City of Harare of being dishonest
in its dealings with the water authority. The media has been awash
with misleading comments by Zinwa since they were imposed on Harare
by Local Government Minister, Ignatious Chombo.
Is it by coincidence
or design that the decision to hand over our assets and lifeline
to Zinwa was made at the time he re-appointed the illegal Commission
running Harare on December 13, 2006.
These accusations follow
hard on the heels of yet another disastrous action by Mutezo. The
reshuffling of the Zinwa board in October last year. This was clear
confirmation that Zinwa has failed to perform, even to the lowest
standards expected from parastatals. Minister Mutezo ordered the
water authority to urgently address the water woes being experienced
in Harare. The regime constantly demonstrates its centralist and
commandist attitudes and believes that by issuing orders, the situation
will be rectified despite the fact that our water woes arise from
a combination of bad policies, partisan political interference as
well as technical and financial problems.
The time has come for
the whole nation to reject and denounce this madness from Mutezo
and his cronies at the water authority. They are forever complaining
about almost everything related to their services, blaming every
bad thing on the City of Harare.
CHRA rejects these irrelevant
excuses and insists that Zinwa must be disbanded with immediate
effect or it becomes a department in the Ministry of Water Resources
and Infrastructural Development with clear terms of reference which
do not include the responsibility of water distribution, treatment,
supply.
Mutezo must realise that
he is a minister responsible for a failed parastatal and just shut
up as Zinwa has nothing to show for its existence.
CHRA demands
the immediate return of water and sewer reticulation services to
the local authority from Zinwa in line with Parliament and Senate
recommendations.
To learn more,
read also the ZINWA
Resolutions developed by residents' associations from across
Zimbabwe.
You
can add your voice to
the water demands by emailing zinwa@mweb.co.zw
or phone ZINWA on 700 731 or 797 603-18.
You
can join the campaign by
signing on to the ZINWA
petition.
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