{"id":47193,"date":"2021-09-26T18:26:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T16:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=47193"},"modified":"2021-09-26T18:03:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T16:03:29","slug":"govt-chitungwiza-officials-sabotaging-community-development-sikhala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/govt-chitungwiza-officials-sabotaging-community-development-sikhala","title":{"rendered":"Govt, Chitungwiza Officials Sabotaging Community Development \u2013 Sikhala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>MDC Alliance for Zengeza West, Job Sikhala has claimed the central government and Chitungwiza council officials are sabotaging community development projects in the town.<\/p>\n<p>Sikhala said the government had failed to construct a dam for the country\u2019s third most populous urban area and vowed to lobby Parliament to ensure the project is implemented.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke at an event to commission two borehole projects he funded in Zengeza 2 and Zengeza 5. He said:<\/p>\n<p>Chitungwiza relies on Harare for its water supplies, that is why potable water is so dear in our town.<\/p>\n<p>When (Ignatius) Chombo was still the Local Government minister, a private investor approached council to build a dam on a build-operate-and-transfer basis but the project was shot down.<\/p>\n<p>I have seen the documents and nothing changed when Saviour Kasukuwere took over from Chombo.<\/p>\n<p>Now some doctor called Kasu, a council official, has sabotaged my project to provide vendors with suitable vending stalls.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the project was going to be handed over to council, which was hoping to benefit from the rates paid by vendors.<\/p>\n<p>A council official from the engineering department, Joseph Zenda, who officiated at the event also appealed to the government to provide a long-term solution to the water crisis in Chitungwiza by the constructing a dam.<\/p>\n<p>This comes when Harare is reportedly planning to reduce its supply of water to Chitungwiza as water levels at the Prince Edward Dam were dwindling.<\/p>\n<p>More: The Standard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. MDC Alliance for Zengeza West, Job Sikhala has claimed the central government and Chitungwiza council officials are sabotaging community development projects in the town. 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