Current Affairs
TTI urged to review agreement: Dexter Nduna
By Sam Mupedziswa
FORMER Zanu PF Chegutu West legislator, Dexter Nduna has challenged Tendy Three Investments (TTI) Lizwe Mabuza being the Managing Director, for failing to remitte monies collected for the intended purpose of maintaining and upgrading Bulawayo’s roads.
Mr Dexter Nduna has written a letter to Bulawayo City Council (BCC) requesting the town Clerks office to review the agreement they have with the Private company Teddy three investment parking (TTI) private limited, who are currently collecting parking fees in the Bulawayo CBD.
The said company is not remitting the total monies which are public funds for the intended purpose of roads maintenance to the BCC or the ministry of transport.
Dexter Nduna said, “the company armed with section 62 of the Constitution on the rights of access to information but the response from them was very negative and have maintained that they can’t be accountable on these funds since they are a private company.”
This has left former legislator with no option but to engage his National Eye Security Company to coordinate with the clerks office in the collection and remittance of the 100% parking fees to City council and the ministry of transport for the purpose of roads infrastructure development which is it’s primary purpose.
Dexter Nduna added that the daily fees collection could amount to a million dollars per day according to the parking space in the city. Bulawayo has more than 100 thousand parking spaces in Bulawayo, charging a minimum of $1 per each parking space per day plus clamping and tow fees.
He said the money if it’s left in wrong hands could be used to sponsor negative projects which will have adverse effects in the country’s development. The dates of commencement by National eye security if it meets with the City Councils approval is today the 23rd of September 2024 or an other day close to that one with a hope of stopping money laundering, tax evasion, fraud and sponsoring of opposition politics which he strongly felt is what is obtaining currently at TTI.
The parking fees will be reduced to 0, 50c USD or 5 rand per hour in Bulawayo and the pensioners will not pay, whilst the persons living with disability will also park for free. There will be no towing or clamping except in extreme circumstances as this causes untold suffering and damage to vehicles of unsuspecting innocent citizens.
Since it’s the TTI inception they received a backlash from some stakeholders and innocent citizens who felt the US$1 parking fee for 30 minutes was exorbitant and others felt the deal was a disadvantage to the local authority.