Chombo acts on illegal houses

LOCAL Government minister Ignatius Chombo has warned that government will demolish illegal houses in Chitungwiza and ordered the immediate stop to the construction of houses on illegal pieces of land.

The move could affect over
30 000 people who had built illegal structures at Manyame Park and in Seke after they were clandestinely allocated land in unserviced open spaces by some officials in Chitungwiza.

But Chombo said the demolition of illegal housing structures, some built on open spaces reserved for public facilities, would be replicated countrywide, a move that could likely hit at hundreds of thousands of home-seekers.

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