In ward 14, Buhera Weston 16 September 2022, pupils at Chikwekwete primary
were being turned away for non-payment of fees. The school was also struggling
with clean water to provide for the pupils and parents were supposed to pay
additional funds so that they could pay for water. The pupils whose parents had
not paid the funds to purchase water were ordered to fetch water across
Mwerahari Bridge and were in danger of being knocked down by haulage trucks
which use the bridge. The students had to cross the bridge with buckets of water
on their heads and walk for about 14km from a Growth Point community
borehole.
On 4 September it was reported that in ward 24, Silobela, an elderly woman who
residing, who stays alone in Magabi 3 area was allegedly denied her share of food
aid by Cosmos Moyo the acting village head of the area. Moyo was one of the
people who presided over the distribution of the maize. The victim was denied the
aid as she was not in the Zanu PF cell structures and had not attended any Zanu
PF meetings so by her actions she was aligned to the opposition CCC.
In Chirumhanzu South, ward 25, on 28 September 2022, it was reported that
Patrick Cheza of CCC) gave Shinya and Munhende villagers in ward 25 a fence for
their gardens. It was said that the Zanu PF members in those areas influenced
other villagers to reject the fence saying that they did not need any items from a
Citizens Coalition for Change member. This was after another CCC member had
installed a pump for the community dip tank, but it was allegedly vandalised by
suspected Zanu PF members. Cheza also installed a public water tap for everyone
at the shopping centre, but Zanu PF have been discouraging people from using it.
Instead they encourage them to fetch water from a borehole which was installed
by the area’s legislator Barbra Rwonzi and is difficult to pump. They claim that
they do not drink water from a source installed by a CCC member.
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