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Municipal Reporter
CHITUNGWIZA municipality has offered a 40 percent discount to members of the business community who settle their bills before December 31 this year while those who have up to date accounts will receive a 30 percent discount during the same period. Town Clerk Mr George Makunde said clients who are in the commercial sector had approached council asking for a reprieve.
“It has also come to the attention of council that the commercial and industrial sector is also trapped and held up in the face of mounting outstanding bills. After wide consultations and consideration thereof, it has been agreed to extend a reprieve to that sector of the community,” said Mr Makunde.
“All those in the commercial and industrial sector have been allowed up to December 31, 2013 to clear their outstanding payments and benefit through a discount of 40 percent on such payments.
“Good customers will get a discount as a way of showing good will. The amount owed by corporate was also difficult to collect and council had to spend a lot of money trying to do so,” he said.
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo directed that all councils write off the accumulated debts. The debts, he said, had become a burden on citizens who were being weighed down by economic hardships brought about by Western-imposed sanctions.
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