The
2026
proposed
budget
was
presented
on
Tuesday
by
the
Chairperson
of
the
Finance
Committee,
Councillor
Dumisani
Nkomo,
during
a
full
council
meeting
held
at
the
council
chambers.
“The
proposed
budget
for
2026
is
set
at
US$224.7
million.
The
proposed
capital
budget
is
set
at
US$67.
2
million
constituting
29.9
percent
of
the
total
budget,
with
the
revenue
budget
set
at
US$157.5
million
constituting
70.1
percent,”
Cllr
Nkomo
said.
He
added
that
the
capital
budget
for
2026,
projected
at
US$67.2
million,
will
be
funded
through
external
resources,
ZINARA
allocations,
devolution
funds,
grants,
donations,
public
subscriptions
(presale
schemes)
in
various
suburbs,
the
traditional
beer
levy,
public-private
partnerships
and
city
parking
revenue
under
TTI.
Cllr
Nkomo
said
the
recurrent
expenditure
towards
water
and
sanitation
will
be
US$47.5
million,
while
the
capital
expenditure
has
been
set
at
US$22.8
million.
“The
priorities
that
were
set
by
the
residents
and
stakeholders
during
the
budget
consultative
meetings
placed
water
at
the
top,
followed
by
health,
sewerage,
housing,
roads,
education,
public
lighting,
social
services
and
fire
and
ambulances,”
said
the
chairperson
of
the
finance
committee.
Cllr
Nkomo
highlighted
that
residents
and
stakeholders
raised
key
issues
during
the
consultative
meetings
and
the
2026
budget
will
seek
to
address
them.
“Your
worship,
key
needs
raised
during
consultation
meetings
were
improvement
in
water
supply
hours,
availability
of
medicines
at
clinics,
eradicating
pollution
at
the
sanitary
landfill
site
and
swift
response
on
sewer
bursts,”
he
said.
“They
further
listed
improvement
in
road
traffic
ability,
enhancing
security
through
installing
public
solar
streetlights,
provision
of
social
amenities
and
facilities
for
the
youth
and
enforcement
of
by-laws.”
The
finance
chairperson
said
the
city
is
facing
a
worsening
service
delivery
infrastructure
decay
such
as
water,
sewerage,
roads
and
social
amenities
hence
the
proposed
budget
seeks
to
address
some
of
the
infrastructure
resuscitation
needs.