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Multimedia: Chi-town mayor, clerk flee as angry workers protest

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CHITUNGWIZA Council workers yesterday besieged town house in protest over 13 month unpaid salaries.

Chitungwiza Town mayor Philip Mutoti, clerk George Makunde and other officials on Friday reportedly fled from their offices after over 100 municipal workers besieged the town house demanding to be paid their due salaries.

Chitungwiza workers have gone for 13 months without getting salaries.

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Mutoti could not be immediately available for comment but when NewsDay arrived at the scene, the angry workers were still milling around, vowing not to break the protest until they got their salaries.

This week Makunde told Parliament that most of the senior council officials were now forced to work from home as they feared confrontation with the unpaid “violent  workers”

Watch video below:

A council worker sits next to a poster berating Chitungwiza town clerk George Makunde at the council office.
A council worker sits next to a poster berating Chitungwiza town clerk George Makunde at the council office.
Council workers sit outside the Chitungwiza Town Coucil offices.
Council workers sit outside the Chitungwiza Town Coucil offices. The workers have gone for 13 months without pay.
Officials’ offices were deserted.
Officials’ offices were deserted.
The parking bays were also deserted.
The parking bays were also deserted.