UNEDUCATED COUNCILLORS EXPOSED

BCC has exposed most of its councillors as academically challenged and having attained only standard 6 passes and driver’s licences as their only qualifications. This follows local government Minister, Ignatius Chombo’s attack in January, against MDC-T councillors when he described them as “dull and incompetent”.

Over the years I have witnessed a number of politicians and those in powers of authority who are highly educated and have Doctorates and Masters’ degrees complementing their academic qualifications but then proved to be incompetent and failed to live up to the people’s expectations. They failed to professionally carry out their assigned duties and in the end exposed themselves as corrupt, greedy and selfish individuals. This made me wonder if academic qualifications really matter in the political field or what matters rather is an individual’s moral character, whether he or she has the people’s needs at heart and whether the individual naturally has the qualities of a good leader . The BCC and Mr Chombo’s concerns might not make any difference, it might happen that the people they believe are gifted academically might disappoint them once they  have been appointed. The BCC has since ordered all 29 ward councillors to submit their current CVs to facilitate the selection of committee chairpersons.