HARARE City Council is protesting the move to grant free parking discs to Members of Parliament (MPs) in the central business district.
Speaker of National Assembly Jacob Mudenda last week said an MP was entitled to two exempt vehicles from parking fees. Parking fees cost US$1 per hour in Harare.
“I also wish to inform the House that the administration of Parliament has reached an agreement with City Parking to exempt two vehicles belonging to each of the Members of Parliament from paying parking fees in the Harare central business district,” Mudenda said
“You are, therefore, requested to submit copies of the registration of the two vehicles to the Human Capital Department in office No 340 on the Third Floor to finalise the arrangement.”
Addressing a full council meeting at the house on Friday last week, ward 16 councillor Denford Ngadziore said there was no council resolution on the matter.
He said they would reverse the decision, adding that only the disabled should be exempt from parking fees.
“We are told that MPs will no longer be required to pay parking fees in Harare 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,” he said.
“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,” Ngadziore said.
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Harare mayor Jacob Mafume said they were looking into the matter.
“I have heard you, councillor Denford Ngadziore, we are looking into the matter,” he said.
War veterans and senior citizens aged 70 and above are exempt from paying parking fees in Harare.
