Source: Kwekwe council drags Zinwa to court – DailyNews Live
Jeffrey Muvundusi 20 May 2017
BULAWAYO – Kwekwe City Council (Kwekwe) has dragged the Zimbabwe National
Water Authority (Zinwa) to court demanding the latter be ordered to stop
partial or complete disconnection of water supply over payment arrears.
The local authority is arguing the disconnections are unlawful.
This comes as the Midlands town has been without running water since last
Friday, forcing its over 200 000 residents to resort to unprotected water
sources, exposing them to diseases.
In a case filed at the High Court here on Thursday, Kwekwe town clerk
Emmanuel Ngwena Musara in his founding affidavit said Zinwa …in terms of
both the Constitution and its enabling legislation, should work together
with the local authority in the progressive realisation of the right to
water.
Musara defined the action by Zinwa to cut water supply as “outrageous and
defies logic”.
“Given that the water reticulation infrastructure of city council and
Zinwa are interconnected, it is difficult to manage the damage that such
closure or stoppage has on the council’s infrastructure. The damage by
Zinwa whenever it closes water supply runs into thousands,” he said.
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