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Suspended Gweru Mayor Councillor Hamutendi Kombayi (MDC-T), has said Zanu-pf and Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere are not to blame for the problems facing his council. Clr Kombayi said on Friday that the local authority was to blame for failing to follow simple instructions from the ministry.
He said Zanu-pf and Cde Kasukuwere had no role to play in the suspension of Gweru councillors.
Clr Kombayi, however, spewed venom at the parent ministry’s permanent secretary, Engineer George Mlilo and the ministry’s director of human resources, Erica Jones, for allegedly misleading Cde Kasukuwere into suspending them so that they could appoint directors of their choice to run the affairs of council.
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“Zanu-pf has nothing to do with my suspension and I have nothing against my newly-appointed Minister (Saviour) Kasukuwere because we never engaged each other on the issues affecting Gweru.
“The problem that I have is that of the permanent secretary and the head of human resources, Erica Jones, who misinformed the minister to push this agenda so that they appoint heads of departments of their choice at council,” he said at a Press conference.
Clr Kombayi, his deputy Artwell Manyorauta and 14 other councillors were suspended by Cde Kasukuwere last Thursday on allegations of gross misconduct, incompetence and mismanagement of council funds and affairs.
Thirteen of the suspended councillors are from MDC-T and three are from the ruling party Zanu-pf.
Clr Kombayi’s comment comes at a time when MDC-T national spokesperson Obert Gutu, came out guns blazing attacking Zanu-pf and Cde Kasukuwere.
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