BULAWAYO (ZimEye) – LOCAL Government Minister Ignatius Chombo’s probe team to investigate Gwanda Mayor Lionel De Necker is set to receive a staggering $20 000 each per week at a time when the council is battling financial problems.
Chombo, last month appointed a four member team to investigate suspended mayor, De Necker who was sacked for defying a directive on the appointment of chamber secretary Priscilla Nkala.
Chombo’s four team investigation team is set to receive $80 000 after the one week probe on the already suspended Mayor, meaning each official will get a cool $20 000 just after five days work.
Sources said the team is based in Bulawayo and commutes to Gwanda—120 km South of the country’s second largest city.
But Gwanda council is resisting Chombo probe team’s rich pickings. However, a storm is brewing in Gwanda after a $3 000 was given to the probe team by the town clerk Gilbert Mlilo without consent from councilors.
Gwanda deputy mayor Thoko Sibanda, confirmed that the municipality was prejudiced of $3 000.
“We did not stop them from doing their investigations but we came out clean and told them that we did not have the money,” Sibanda said.
But Mlilo insisted that he was empowered by the Urban Councils Act to approve cash payments without consulting councilors.
“The Urban Councils Act provides that when there is an investigation team sent by the minister, the costs are met by the council, council had said it did not have the money because we are currently in arrears in terms of payments of salaries,” he said.
(Zimbabwe, ZimEye)
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kikikikikikikikik yah! which is swerving the other the dog or tail.
@Sibanda,you are Zimbabwean by descendant.Go back to where you belong if it is the case.
Anonymous, you savage – you shona aren’t dangerous, no one is scared of you, instead you are thieves and liers. Your deceitfulness towards others is worse than mugabe f.cking banana. Your tribe is renowned as being the most useless hopeless lot on the African continent. This Continent is tainted with your filthy presence. Until we have seen the last of you all Zimbabwe will never return to normality! You shona savages are the ones that need reforming – not us, we are the normal ones and you are the scum of the earth…
To him looting is like breathing.
resist this daylight looting the money is meant for service delivery for the poor water, roads and basic health not enriching the corrupt
Imi vana Naked na Sibanda kwanai.munongogona kushoropodza chete muchazozivawo kurumbidza rini?You are real and dangerous tribalists who should be kept incarcerated otherwise you will poison society.You are just like Osama.Something needs to be done for you to reform before it is too late.
Of cause the fee appears too far exobitant. What l know is that investigations of this nature are usually approved by cabinet. Anyway, the money issue aside, this Mayor together with all other Mayors needs to be investigated.
Was chomby ever an honest man?
Chombo is just another thieving shona savage like the rest of them. They are never satisfied with what they have already stolen, they want to continue stealing more! They will all be so easy to eliminate when the time comes! Why? Because they will still be around trying to loot for the last time, when they are confronted with the ….
These MDC fools are telling the world what they want us to hear,they should also tell us why their mayor was fired in the first place.
Chombo who the hell do u thnk u are?back off u corrupt merciles smthing smthing i dnt knw wht 2call a person of yr typ.ibva mhani ruzhinji rutambure nekuda kwako iwe?i hate zanu pf&u chombo.
Thiz maShona foreigners coming all the way from Zimbangwe to loot Mthwakaziland money it is time to act now nxa!! Mani
It is interesting to observe that the Gwanda mayor is coloured. This can be the medicine our country needs, put a coloured and it changes blame game and power play against racial ,tribal devide.
Excuse me CHOMBO you worse than an idot. . .u have failed and leave gwanda mayor alone. .all the cars u buying for your young girlfreinds in harare. .what a shame.to you 80grand is nothing but to someone walking to school without shoes,no fees paid,no lunch,one day white head. .one day it with catch up with u. ALL GOOD THINGS DO COME TO AN END. . What goes up must come down,