3.3.2025
20:34
The
Harare
City
Council
has
criticised
the
decision
to
grant
free
parking
discs
to
Members
of
Parliament
(MPs)
in
the
central
business
district.
Last
week,
Jacob
Mudenda,
Speaker
of
the
National
Assembly,
announced
that
MPs
were
entitled
to
two
exempt
vehicles
from
parking
fees,
which
are
set
at
US$1
per
hour
in
Harare.
As
reported
by NewsDay,
during
a
full
council
meeting
on
Friday,
Ward
16
councillor
Denford
Ngadziore
said
that
there
had
been
no
council
resolution
on
the
matter.
He
asserted
that
the
council
would
reverse
the
decision,
saying
only
people
with
disabilities
should
be
exempt
from
parking
fees.
Said
Ngadziore:
We
are
told
that
MPs
will
no
longer
be
required
to
pay
parking
fees
in
Harare’s
central
business
district.As
council,
we
are
against
the
move
and
this
should
be
reversed
at
all
cost,
this
decision
was
not
even
discussed
by
us
councillors.We
are
eating
from
ratepayers’
money,
let’s
discuss
the
matter,
we
can’t
do
this
without
a
council
resolution,
we
have
people
whose
cars
are
being
auctioned.
Harare
Mayor
Jacob
Mafume
acknowledged
the
issue,
saying,
“I
have
heard
you,
councillor
Denford
Ngadziore,
we
are
looking
into
the
matter”
In
Harare,
war
veterans
and
senior
citizens
aged
70
and
above
are
exempt
from
paying
parking
fees.
Post
published
in:
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