HARARE – “Tirikuda kuti zvinhu zvifambe. Ko modirei kuti hurumende irambe ichitukwa nezvinhu zvatinogona kugadzira isu?” asked Retired Lieutenant General Anselem Sanyatwe, as he grilled one of the contractors responsible for renovating the water reticulation and drainage system at the giant National Sports Stadium (NSS).
This happened during Wednesday’s tour of the stadium by the Special Adviser to the President who is responsible for Monitoring and Implementation of Government Programs, Dr. Jorum Gumbo.
Even though it was soft spoken Gumbo’s tour, Sanyatwe took over the reins, going contractor by contractor, asking each for clear timelines with most indicating they will complete their tasks by end of July.
If talking about a candid person, one is talking about Sanyatwe.
The former army general’s approach is to question every detail.
He asks about almost everything, only to ensure that contractors who were awarded tenders for NSS renovations are working with integrity and urgency.
His mission is clear; stop the delays and spare the nation from embarrassment being caused by prolonged renovations of the NSS, preventing the stadium from hosting international matches.
Sanyatwe who is less than two months old in office since replacing Kirsty Coventry, prefers to see things for himself rather than hearsay, and that approach could yield results for the NSS progress.
He demanded to see some of the equipment said to have been bought by contractors for the renovations.
Ironically, some of it was not in place even though he was initially lied to that the said equipment was already there when he took the reigns at the Sports Ministry recently.
This was evident during his interaction with the contractor responsible for installing a backup generator.
Sanyatwe asked, “Where is the generator that is supposed to be installed here?”
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Source: Nehandaradio
