MDC leader Welshman Ncube yesterday blasted Zanu PF national political commissar and Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere for using dirty tricks to take over control of opposition-led local authorities through suspending their councillors.
by VENERANDA LANGA
In his weekly brief, Ncube described Kasukuwere as a Zanu PF blunt instrument deployed to inflict his version of proverbial justice on towns and cities that do not owe their political existence to the ruling Zanu PF party.
“Capturing these cities more than one-and-half years before crucial elections is a recipe for exploiting the associated infrastructures for the benefit of his party,” Ncube said, in apparent reference to the suspension of five Bulawayo councillors, including deputy mayor Gift Banda, on corruption allegations.
“I predict that the man is angling towards setting up a highly partisan commission to act as a funnel for political exploitation of Bulawayo’s resources.
“Our city boasts an inimitable tradition of fending off the ruling party’s diabolic and predatory advances, so one can assume that this is another of many ways that Zanu PF can exert their parasitic influence prior to the 2018 elections.”
He also castigated corrupt tendencies by MDC-T led councils, accusing them of flouting tender procedures and engaging in illicit land deals, among others.
“We cannot afford to have ‘mafia gangs’ disguised as councillors doing irregular issuing of tenders, corrupt land deals, nepotism and looting of council property for personal gain,” he said.
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Ncube said through misgovernance by Zanu PF, Bulawayo ended up having a housing backlog of more than 100 000 and massive de-industrialisation.
