City Of Harare | Harare cannot do it alone, Acting Mayor Mutizwa

Acting Mayor Cllr Musarurwa Mutizwa has invited city stakeholders to join hands with Council to improve service delivery. Speaking at the signing ceremony of the agreement between City Of Harare and VEI for the Waterworx project Cllr Mutizwa said City of Harare alone cannot win the battle of service delivery. “What is needed is the collaboration of different role players using their different and unique capabilities. Partnerships between local authorities, civil society organisations development partners and non-governmental organisations is critical in improving the delivery of services in Harare,” he said. “In a nutshell partnership can be an effective alternative model of service provision and the relationship between Harare and VEI attests to this. Ladies and gentlemen allow me to commend VEI for assisting the City of Harare in the development of a pro-poorpolicy.” Cllr Mutizwa said the first sustainable development goal speaks to ending poverty in all its forms and this can be done through the implementation of programmes that promote access to services such as water and sanitation facilities. He said by assisting the City in the development of the Policy VEI has demonstrated its commitment to the achievement of the concept of leaving no one and no community behind. “This is critical for sustainable development as our services must be inclusive in all aspects in terms of accessibility and affordability. Apart from developing the policy, VEI funded the connection of 2000 properties in Hopley as part of broader measures to ensure access to potable water and providing universal access to basic social services. We are grateful for that.” “Allow me to assure our partners that they have support from both the political arm and administrative arms of Council. We believe that if we continue working together we will be able to positively transform the lives of the residents of Harare.”