BY STAFF REPORTER
The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) is stepping up its push for government to be accountable by re-launching its HowFar Campaign, it has revealed.
Zimcodd, a socio-economic justice coalition, last year launched the HowFar Campaign to raise public awareness about lack of transparency and accountability by the government on matters of public finance management.
It said the second phase of the campaign to be launched on Thursday will be code named HowFar 2.0.
“The initiative follows the challenges, successes and lessons learnt during the first phase of the campaign,” Zimcodd said in a statement.
“The first phase received an overwhelming response from the general public and activists, who have shown keen interest to hold the various levels of government of Zimbabwean to account.
“The first phase also rekindled the government appetite to respond to citizens’ concerns.
“Through the campaign dubbed #So far, #ThisFar #EDelivers the government attempted to update citizens on what the government has done to improve public service delivery since the second republic assumed power in 2017.”
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Zimcodd said despite the government’s response to the campaign, “the culture of genuine public accountability is still in peace-meal format.”
“Up until a time we witness acts of voluntary public accountability in the mobilisation and utilisation of public resources in Zimbabwe, Zimcodd will continue to provide a platform for citizens to ask pertinent and uncomfortable questions,” it added.
“The HowFar 2.0 is taking this struggle to another level.
“It’s no longer business as usual.
“The HowFar 2.0 will bring to you RealTalk, a platform for painstaking interviews, hard-hitting questions and sensitive topics with duty bearers and other key players in the governance discourse of the country.
“We will also introduce In4, a weekly news bulletin on public resource management in Zimbabwe.”
