Residents in Harare have this week lashed out at the Council over the purchase of a luxury car for Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda, arguing the money would be better spent on garbage trucks to help clean up the city.
Masunda has scoffed at complaints about the Council's purchase of a luxury M-class Mercedes Benz for him to use in his official capacity. Masunda has argued that the car was budgeted for by the Council, and is merely a replacement for the last mayoral vehicle that is more expensive to keep running, being 'mechanically defunct'. But the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) on Monday said the Mayor's statements have done nothing except to provoke anger from ratepayers. CHRA Chairperson Simbarashe Moyo said residents "are failing to put food on their tables because most of their earnings are going to the City's Treasury and yet little is being done to improve service delivery."
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