Local govt legislation must be harmonized with the new constitution

Harare Residents Trust has called for the harmonization of the local government legislation in order to suit the interests of the residents.

"All local Government legislation have to be harmonized to harness and balance the aspirations and interests of residents, local authorities and central government without dis-empowering the citizenry as is the current set up where residents are simply there to pay for services that are mostly not being rendered," said the trust.

This comes in the wake of the Harare City Council having recently endorsed and started implementing the pre-paid water met3er system against the interests of the residents.