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Harare mayor speaks on Bulawayo Council fiasco
26 Jul 2019 at 09:52hrs | Views
Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba has opened up on allegations that City Parking a company linked to Harare City Council is angling to takeover parking business in Bulawayo.
The controversial matter came to light after documents surfaced in the public light indicating that City Parking paid transportation and hotel accommodation for a certain section of Councillors to stay for a week in Harare.
The documents surfaced after an audio conversation between the Town clerk Christopher Dube and the Deputy Mayor arguing about the parking tender leaked on social media.
Read Gomba's full statement below:
I have seen and read an article which purported that our parking business made an unsolicited bid to take over parking in Bulawayo and that it had sparked anger .
Residents and pressure groups must know that Harare and Bulawayo have had a long history of working together for the benefit of the two sister cities,history is full of occasions were Clrs of both cities have travelled to each and learned from each other , more recently Harare councilors from the environmental management committee went to learn about how waste was being managed in Bulawayo, the same with some Clrs from that side . It's unfortunate that some would want to take this as an opportunity to score political points , yet these can sometimes be simple opportunities to transfer knowledge.
Bulawayo to us is a city in Zimbabwe which has city fathers who must interact with others , in Harare we also want our clrs and council to create synergies within Zimbabwe as we see no reason why we must promote external interactions at the expense of our internal programs .
Truth is Bulawayo has not flighted any tenders inviting for bids for their parking business therefore it's assumptive and disruptive to relations to assume a takeover was to happen, without comprehensively appreciating what the law say in these circumstances.
Lastly I personally see no reason why Bulawayo can't get business in Harare and Harare doing the same there ,I see no reason at all , people must embrace unity in a unitary state , am happy and proud to have Clrs here in Harare who are from all tribes in Zimbabwe and this in particular Clrs from matebeleland regions , these have helped us to develop the city and this must be commented
The controversial matter came to light after documents surfaced in the public light indicating that City Parking paid transportation and hotel accommodation for a certain section of Councillors to stay for a week in Harare.
The documents surfaced after an audio conversation between the Town clerk Christopher Dube and the Deputy Mayor arguing about the parking tender leaked on social media.
Read Gomba's full statement below:
I have seen and read an article which purported that our parking business made an unsolicited bid to take over parking in Bulawayo and that it had sparked anger .
Residents and pressure groups must know that Harare and Bulawayo have had a long history of working together for the benefit of the two sister cities,history is full of occasions were Clrs of both cities have travelled to each and learned from each other , more recently Harare councilors from the environmental management committee went to learn about how waste was being managed in Bulawayo, the same with some Clrs from that side . It's unfortunate that some would want to take this as an opportunity to score political points , yet these can sometimes be simple opportunities to transfer knowledge.
Bulawayo to us is a city in Zimbabwe which has city fathers who must interact with others , in Harare we also want our clrs and council to create synergies within Zimbabwe as we see no reason why we must promote external interactions at the expense of our internal programs .
Truth is Bulawayo has not flighted any tenders inviting for bids for their parking business therefore it's assumptive and disruptive to relations to assume a takeover was to happen, without comprehensively appreciating what the law say in these circumstances.
Lastly I personally see no reason why Bulawayo can't get business in Harare and Harare doing the same there ,I see no reason at all , people must embrace unity in a unitary state , am happy and proud to have Clrs here in Harare who are from all tribes in Zimbabwe and this in particular Clrs from matebeleland regions , these have helped us to develop the city and this must be commented
Source - Byo24News
