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under the city treasury was doing tremendous work.
The division, which collects up to US$20 000, a day has managed to raise enough funds to buy its own fleet of 12 vehicles. The division has raised over US$1,5 million from July last year to date. We are happy with their commitment to duty,” he said.
Mr Gwindi was speaking on the sidelines of a pass out parade of 59 traffic enforcement officers yesterday.
Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo, who officiated at the ceremony, urged the city to have gender balance in its recruitment policies. Of the 59 graduands only 14 are females.
“It is unfair to have less females than males,” he said.
But the city’s human resources committee chairperson Clr Masiye Kapare said the recruitment of the officers was done on merit.
“We want to have a professional force,” he said.
Minister Chombo expressed hope that the new officers would help tame the city’s traffic “jungle”.
“It is a nightmare to navigate the streets of Harare after a day’s work. I urge the city fathers to find a lasting solution to congestion,” he said.
Asked how the traffic enforcement division would work with parking marshals from City Parking – a wholly owned council parking company that has separate reporting structures, Mr Gwindi said the two units would complement each other. City Parking employs over 150 officers and collects at least US$5 000 a day from parking charges. City sources said the company had so far raised over US$600 000.
In the past the city used to record surpluses from the parking business – funds which it used to fund social activities.
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