A consortium of Harare based Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) has vowed to fight Harare Provincial Development Coordinator, Tafadzwa Muguti’s directive for submission of their work plans for 2021 before his office.
The NGOs have accused Muguti of unlawfully interfering with their work as they do not fall under his purview and his office does not exist legally.
The Provincial Development Coordinator had ordered all NGOs in the province to submit their 2021 workplans as well as information relating to workshops, commissioning of projects among other activities before 9 July.
He also invited all NGO country directors to pay him a courtesy call and the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution.
The unyielding NGOs in a statement said Muguti had crossed the line.
“We have noted that you have not provided the legal basis upon which you have made this request. It would have been extremely helpful if such a basis had been clearly laid out,” said the NGOs in the letter they jointly authored.
“We believe you draw your mandate from the Minister of State for Harare Provincial Affairs and Devolution.
“We note that although the Provincial Councils and Administration Act provides for provincial governors and provincial administrators, currently there are Ministers of State for provincial Affairs and Provincial development Coordinators.
“Your office of Provincial Development Coordinator is non-existent in statute…Your office therefore has no mandate to regulate the operations and clearances of NGO activities more specifically because: your functions are restricted to governmental development activities and your office has no executive functions.” read the statement
