Gweru District includes Lower Gweru and the greater part of Chiwundura Urban districts are administered by urban councils established in terms of the Zimbabwe Urban Councils Act, Chapter 29.15 Gweru local authoruty is Gweru Municipality which is literally Gweru City Council. Like in most urban centers nationwide Gweru City Council is dominated by MDC-T. 2013 - 2018 Term Source: Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Gweru mayor for tgis term was Clr. Hamutendi Kombayi 2008 - 2013 Term Source: Kubatana Aechive The mayor was Councilor Desmond Fungayi Mufunde who deceised on 21 June 2009. Gweru District, district number three of the 61 in Zimbabwe has
Water supply and sanitation in Zimbabwe these organizations finance many other efforts. These organizations include the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the German Government, who through its technical cooperation agency, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), gave $6 million (US) to improve the water supply and sanitation systems in the towns of Gweru, Kadoma, and Kariba. The Australian government also provided over $10 million (US) for water supply and sanitation system improvements and research. UNICEF is currently managing several programs in collaboration with the entire WASH program to ameliorate water and sewage systems. These include updating sanitation systems in the towns of Masvingo,