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Yeukai Karengezeka Herald Correspondent
Harare Mayor Councillor Herbert Gomba has said the city’s management team should plug all major revenue leakages to prosper.
Speaking at the review of the City of Harare’s 7th Phase of The Rapid Results Initiative at Town House yesterday, Clr Gomba said council workers were supposed to work hard.
“Issues of pilferages and loss of revenue through corrupt tendencies must be stopped. There is need to ensure that employees of City of Harare do not bleed council.
“We need to identify the major revenue leakages points without burdening the residents. We need to ensure the optimum use of the resources we collect,” he said.
He also said that the local authority would soon retire those who are incompetent and remain with a team that produces results.
“This council ladies and gentlemen, is results-driven and for the ratepayers in Harare to appreciate and pay for the services we should be able to deliver first.
“We made it very clear when we got into office that our mandate is to transform Harare into a smart city . . . . we will leave no stone unturned in our desire to deliver efficient services to the residents of Harare,” said Clr Gomba.
On the Rapid Results Initiative, he said in April the city officially opened Kuwadzana Library.
“Very soon we will open Hopley Clinic and youth centre .We had ground-breaking ceremonies for two schools under this initiative and we urge the team to continue with these projects so that we commission the schools soon,” he said.
“This demonstrates that in terms of development of infrastructure we are doing relatively well. What remains is to be able to quantify the measurable results in service delivery.
“Notwithstanding the challenges we have had in terms of access to foreign currency.”
He said council needed fresh thinkers and innovators for it to be able to deliver adequate service.
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