Harare’s mayor compared the Harare Budget to building a house in Borrowdale after a leaked budget slip surfaced on social media with outrageous figures which he later confirmed were in RTGS no US Dollars.
Zimbabwe’s roads, which were declared a state of disaster earlier in the week, have put pressure on city fathers to account for the money they receive from ZINARA which led to the figures being leaked on social media.
Below is a detailed ZINARA report:
In a series of tweets Mafume explained:
This is rank dishonest and lies. That amount is not even us dollars that is 460000 us, not enough to do 2 km of tarred. This has laid bare the underfunding of Harare roads, yet Harare pays a lot to @zinaraZW. https://t.co/dJtHMcFFFy
— Mayor of Harare, Jacob Mafume (@JMafume) February 13, 2021
Gvt took over in 2009 through @zinaraZW. Since then no meaningful new roads have been built in Harare. The road vehicle licences need to come back to cities, international best practice. What is needed is a massive infrastructure bond for the cities of real money. https://t.co/ci9OVYyoWk
— Mayor of Harare, Jacob Mafume (@JMafume) February 13, 2021
It is not possible for councils to divert @zinaraZW funds. Can someone doing PR for zinara assist here. The money is disbursed after agreement on its use. The money previously was diverted at source see hansard parliament & committee reports.See how much Harare pays &what comes https://t.co/Di8Ax2E00L
— Mayor of Harare, Jacob Mafume (@JMafume) February 13, 2021
According to @AfDB_Group the cost of 1km of a single lane of road is around 600k USD average. Thats being prudent. Shameful thats these are the allocations to councils. Harare gets 560k USD according to Nick (RTGS bank rate). It's inadequate 😩. These are facts.@zinaraZW https://t.co/Lg5vc8kxk9
— Mayor of Harare, Jacob Mafume (@JMafume) February 13, 2021
Just a heads up 20km Harare airport road construction cost was USD $80 million. Yes, $80m ,judging by current state of Harare Metro Roads, Harare City Council needs USD $1 Billion.
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