Water Resources Minister Sam Sipepa Nkomo has defended the government takeover of the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project. He accused politicians in the region of exploiting the project towards election time, only to disappear from the scene soon after. Last week Nkomo announced the government takeover arguing it was meant to 'remove the many bottlenecks the project encountered over the years' and to also avoid having water pricing left in private hands.

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