BULAWYO (ZimEye) – LOCAL Government Minister Ignatius Chombo has threatened to fire Bulawayo councillors over corruption allegations as the Zanu PF ministers continues sacking MDC-T elected city fathers.
Chombo has been on a whirlwind tour of councils firing MDC-T councillors and replacing them with “special interests councilors.”
Recently, Chombo suspended Gwanda Mayor Lionel De Necker even before investigations. He later appointed a four-member investigating team which earned $80 000 per week, a move which was castigated by Gwanda councilors and stakeholders.
But at the weekend Chombo said he would wield an axe against Bulawayo MDC-T councilors who were found guilty of corruption by his investigating team two months ago.
The controversial Minister said: “The probe team made some recommendations although I cannot give them off-hand. The committee would look at whether to fire, suspend or caution those councillors who would be found to have abused their powers and disadvantaged residents. It is possible that one or two councillors might be suspended.”
Chombo said five Chitungwiza councillors were suspended last week on allegations of corruption, charges that are being faced by Bulawayo councilors.
He said councilors were guilty of selling stands “under trees” at inflated prices, which was tantamount to abuse of office.
Chombo insisted that Bulawayo City Council would get special councillors whether the city fathers liked it or not, adding that his office has since been given suitable names by Zanu PF Bulawayo province.
Bulawayo has resisted efforts by Chombo to appoint eight special councilors. The matter is still pending at the Bulawayo High Court.
De Nekcer last week challenged Members of Parliament to amend the Urban Councils Act to clip Chombo’s sweeping powers which has resulted in the Minister treating local government as his fiefdom. (Zimbabwe, ZimEye)
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cde chombo is a coniving scumbag,who like the rest of the zanu pf idiots have overstayed welcome.
Cde Chando your are definately the guy who impregnated his mother thrice. A load of encouraging bullocks does come from that empty skull of yours and you really try hard to make Gaddaffi look like a choir boy.
I passed through Bulawayo for the first time in ten years on my way to the airport from Luanda last week, what i saw is pathetic, there are no tarred roads to talk about, one would be forgiven for assuming that one is driving in a rural road,the only better tarred portion in the city is in Northern along Robert Mugabe way on your way to the airport,i guess this was done to give a false impression whenever Gushungo goes to Skies. This is a sharp contrast to what it was ten years ago when we were in charge,in short the dismisal of these idiots is long over due, we are fully behind you Cde Chombo.
All of u who ar against ths oprtn u sim 2 hv untreated diseas in yo mnd,I min u ar sick in mnd,siyayi makororo adzingwe.Kunemi murikurota BLyO ichiita imwe nyika,u ar olso sick,zviroto-zviroto.
Musadzora tswimbo cde .Votihumbavha voti hutengesi.The list is just too much to egnore .Hee chinja!!! chinja!!!! to get an opportunity to steal public funds .
Chombo can see that time is running out for him and his zanu.pf party. . The old dogs are either all sick or now just useless.we cant wait for elections we want to boot them left,right,centre.they always blame whites. The whites have left the farms what has improved? Mr mugabe is just hanging in power cause these idots want him there to increase they looting,the oldman needs to rest.his cabinet needs to go.,hold on morgan we coming in power.
A Corrupt person like Chombo firing Corrupt Councillours
You are very right Cde Girinya. Zimbabwe needs people like you comrade, you can’t listen to a gay and human waste cleaner based in US and named after a thieving dog called Makwembere. He is an idiot together with his foreign gay lover Naked. Minister Chombo is doing such a wonderful job. We need people who are ready to deliver. Thats why these mdc vampires don’t want to hear anything about the elections. Our cities are no longer the same because of looting by these same people, yes, they must go.
Deal with them Cde Chombo!
Chombo. . Uri. .m.h.a.t.a. . . Why do u look at others who are corrupt,why dont you start by firing yourself,then others will follow you.im glad to hear 1 day u going to need a passport to entre byo. . .u deserve it . .u useless old white head man. . .can wait for elections,we going to loot you loot’s. . .houses,farms,flatr,cars,lands. . .your small houses you can keep them,most of them already have expiry dates.
One day is one day chombo kuzakupelela kupela,yazi uyahlupa njani.
E.Makwembere leave me alone and learn to tolerate my free speech. Are you MDC? Yes I am very ZANU PF and proud to be so.No apologies on that.
Chombo should go ahead and act ruthlessly on corrupt councilors without fear or favor. Someone should also do the same on Chombo and his ilk. We are tired of this Government of National Looting (GNL)!
Thank u E Makwembere
Girinya leave Cde Naked alone, you must learn to tolerate free speech. Are you ZANU PF?
Comrade Naked, go back to KZN and pay for the loot your criminal ancestors ran away with from Chaka then you can establish your Mthwakaziland nonsense in KZN. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER in Zimbabwe you blood thirst,knife obsessed idiot.
What’s wrong with this maShona idiot resist what ever this donkey ye Shona wants to do in MTHWAKAZILAND.In future u gonna need a passport to enter our territory uyezwa wena nxa nxa nxa nxa ye Shona go n do ur kak job in your Country