Chitungwiza Municipality retrenched workers not paid

Harare Residents Trust has claimed that Chitungwiza Municipality workers who were retrenched in August 2015 have not been paid up to now.

The trust said one of the former workers who was at the gate of Chitungwiza Town Council said they worked for the council for more than 20 years.

"The workers confessed the ill-treatment which is imposed on them by the Town Clerk, George Makunde and Chitungwiza Mayor, Phillip Mutoti," said the trust.

"They have worked for 27 arrears without payment. They explained that at times the council sets the riot on them. They have built temporal tents at the fence of the Town Council and they are staying there. They use the council fence as their laundry line."

The trust said the people interviewed told the HRT that they were about 230 employees who were retrenched.

"The Chitungwiza City Council is in serious need of a wake up call because they are full of corruption. The council senior management is enjoying huge salaries at the expense of lower grade workers and those who have been retrenched. We noticed that all the Directors there are fat. It was disheartening to see old men sitting under the tree and hoping that one day they will get paid," said the trust.