The Minister of Local Government and Public Works, July Moyo, has said the Pomona Waste Management Project will not be stopped unless the judiciary action intervenes.
He proposed the project will create hundreds of jobs, generate power, and assist in the refuse management of the capital.
Recently, there were debates against the project contract terms, where the Harare City Council will have to pay Geogenix waste management company in foreign currency (US$) for a period of thirty (30) years in a country of huge disparity in the exchange rates between the local currency and the United States dollar.
But in a statement, Minister July Moyo said the project will go on as planned.
“The waste management project, among other benefits, will create employment, generate power, and assist in refuse management. Government wishes to advise that, in consummating the transaction, rigorous processes to ensure that Council and the country at large derive maximum benefits were undertaken.
“It is confounding that a group of councillors have decided to once again appraise this project and in the process causing needless delays and, with it, the risk of jeopardising investor appetite.
“We condemn this conduct which amounts to cheap political grandstanding at the expense of the country and it is therefore necessary to state that the project will not be stopped unless done so by judicial action.”
The Pomona project which will include the construction of various facilities with technologies and installations is dimensioned to improve the waste management and subsequently improve Harare citizens’ quality of life.
