Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. WARD RETENTION FUND DISBURSEMENTS SPILLS INTO COURT
Harare residents have dragged the Harare City Council to Court over failure to remit 25% ward retention funds to all forty-six wards of Harare.
On the 23rd of February 2017, Harare City Council made a resolution to remit 25% of revenue collected on each ward to be used for developmental initiatives for each ward but nothing has been disbursed to date.
The court intervention comes at a time when the local authority is failing to supply the equipment needed to attend to sewer blockages, grass cutting and water bursts at local District Offices.
The Ward retention fund is meant to cater for locally identified developmental projects that will not be prioritized in the Capital budgets for the respective local area.
The Court application which CHRA is an Applicant with case number HC2286 is seeking a relief order for;
Statement by the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA)
