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Kombayi survives MDC-T ouster plot
14 May 2015 at 07:57hrs | Views
AN attempt by some MDC-T councillors to pass a vote of confidence on Gweru mayor Hamutendi Kombayi has hit a brickwall after the party's provincial executive turned down the request.
According to sources, the agitators led by councillors Albert Chirau (Ward 11) and Tawanda Magidi (Ward 16) wanted to pass a vote of no confidence on Kombayi following the recent strike by municipal workers that paralysed operations at the local authority for two weeks.
"The two councillors had drafted a vote of no confidence motion on the mayor following the recent industrial action by workers," a councillor who requested anonymity said.
"These two councillors mobilised other councillors to say Kombayi should be relieved of his duties as he had failed as the mayor of the city," the source said.
Chirau and Magidi could neither deny nor confirm that they were part of a plot to push Kombayi out.
Kombayi confirmed there were councillors from his party who wanted to pass a vote of confidence on him, but he said the move was unprocedural and it had been rejected by the MDC-T provincial executive.
According to sources, the agitators led by councillors Albert Chirau (Ward 11) and Tawanda Magidi (Ward 16) wanted to pass a vote of no confidence on Kombayi following the recent strike by municipal workers that paralysed operations at the local authority for two weeks.
"The two councillors had drafted a vote of no confidence motion on the mayor following the recent industrial action by workers," a councillor who requested anonymity said.
"These two councillors mobilised other councillors to say Kombayi should be relieved of his duties as he had failed as the mayor of the city," the source said.
Chirau and Magidi could neither deny nor confirm that they were part of a plot to push Kombayi out.
Kombayi confirmed there were councillors from his party who wanted to pass a vote of confidence on him, but he said the move was unprocedural and it had been rejected by the MDC-T provincial executive.
Source - Southern Eye
