Government owes Masvingo more than any other local authority

The government owes the City of Masvingo $16.7 million in unpaid services, an amount that is greater than it owes any other local authority, according to Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa.

The second highest debt is to the Harare City Council which it owes $16.5 million while Bulawayo which is in third place is owed only $1.9 million.

Chinamasa gave the breakdown in response to a question from Senator David Chimhini who said the government debt to local authorities was crippling their operations.

Here is the breakdown of what each of the major towns is owed in outstanding bills as at 31 March 2016.

Town	Amount
City of Masvingo	16 671 786
City of Harare	16 499 618
City of Bulawayo	1 940 044
City of Mutare	347 140
Bindura Municipality	247 605
Victoria Falls Town Council	226 136
Chitungwiza Municipality	189 521
Kwekwe City Council	146 696
Chegutu Municipality	137 322
Kariba Town Council	100 426
Municipality of Redcliff	96 053
Hwange Local Board	62 321
Lupane Town Council	57 360
Rusape Town Council	49 099
Mvurwi Town Council	21 205
Total	36 792 333

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