The MDC would like to correct persistent defamatory allegations against the Mayor of Harare, Cllr Ben Manyenyeni, who is currently facing malicious persecution and successive suspensions from office by the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing.
For the purpose of clarity we wish to confirm the following facts which can be fully substantiated:
(It should be noted that these ministerial directives, themselves, are blatantly unconstitutional and are subject of a legal challenge lodged with the Constitutional Court by the MDC who are waiting for the Court to set a date for the hearing.)
For the record it is quoted that the Mayor wrote, with foresight, the following in a letter:
“The guiding feature of this development is that Harare City Council, as the shareholder is not directly responsible for the audit of subsidiary ventures hence the re-directing of the matter to the Harare Sunshine City Holdings Board.
We however would incur a huge deficit of goodwill if we (either as HSH or HCC) are seen to be refusing an independent review.”
An issue that is also worth correcting is that while the directive to undertake the audits was based on the Minister’s assertion that the commercial entities were not being audited regularly.
The reality is that these subsidiary companies were being audited annually and were actually years ahead of the external audits of Harare City Council itself.
“I am led to believe that the suspended Mayor had given an instruction that the audit takes place but this was over-ridden by the Business Committee Chairman”
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