US$17k Chipinge toilet raises stink

CHIPINGE residents have invited the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate Chipinge Town Council over reports that it spent US$17 000 on construction of a cemetery toilet.

The local authority is in the eye of a storm after social media went abuzz with the reports that the council had spent such a hefty amount on a single basic toilet, whose cost does not tally with the price.

“As residents, we have been left with no choice except to demand an explanation on the circumstances surrounding the construction of this toilet.

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