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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>WARD RETENTION FUND DISBURSEMENTS SPILLS INTO COURT<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The Court application which CHRA is an Applicant with case number HC2286 is seeking a relief order for;<\/p>\n

Statement by the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA)<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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