NEWLY-APPOINTED Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial
Affairs Senator Josaya Hungwe has called for a united and peaceful province,
extending an olive branch to former Zanu-PF stalwarts Mr Dzikamai Mavhaire and
ex-Women’s League chairperson Mrs Shylet Uyoyo to rejoin the party.
In a wide-ranging interview yesterday, Minister Hungwe, who
leads the province for the second time after serving in a similar role between
1990 and 2008, highlighted the need for unity in the province for it to realise
its full potential.
He said all Zanu-PF cadres, including those that were
dismissed over the years, should come back to the revolutionary party so that
everyone works on developing the province. Minister Hungwe said Masvingo had
requested for more parliamentary constituencies from 26, but the request had
not yet been granted.
“We have accepted Cde (Kudakwashe) Bhasikiti and Cde
(Claudius) Makova back into Zanu-PF, but I have told them to go to Mavhaire and
bring him back to the party,” he said.
“They should also talk to Uyoyo so that we work together in
the new dispensation. We want all the people from Masvingo to contribute to the
development of our province as we have been ushered into a new era with our new
President, Cde Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, who is well known in Zimbabwe and
the whole world.”
Minister Hungwe, who is Senator for Chivi-Mwenezi,
expressed confidence that President Mnangagwa will take Zimbabwe on a new
trajectory that would see the country prosper.
“We are very happy with the new political dispensation and
we want to thank God for his guidance and protection as a country,” he said.
In his development endeavours, Minister Hungwe outlined the
need to speed up development at the Tokwe Mukosi Dam and the
Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge dualisation project.
“These are gigantic projects which I am calling everyone to
put their efforts on so that they reach fruition. These are our projects, of
which we are the major stakeholders and they should benefit our people in
Masvingo Province,” he said.
Minister Hungwe said the provincial leadership accepts
partners from across Zimbabwe and beyond that work on projects designed to
benefit people from the province.
“In 1992, we got plans to construct seven dams in each of
our provinces, but we decided to have two dams in Bikita, while reserving
Tokwe-Mukosi Dam for Chivi. It is now up to the people of Chivi and Masvingo
districts to draw benefits with special considerations for them,” he said.
Minister Hungwe implored President Mnangagwa to maintain
Command Agriculture.
“The success of the programme has seen Masvingo and the
whole country realise yields which were beyond everyone’s expectations, so we
hope it would continue while other concepts like livestock, among others, are
included in it,” he said.
Minister Hungwe pledged to unite the province ahead of next
year’s harmonised elections.
“We are going to the Extraordinary Congress and we want to
continue pushing for the registration of more party members ahead of the
elections,” he said.
Minister Hungwe expressed gratitude to the Zimbabwe Defence
Forces commanders for leading Zimbabwe in a peaceful transition, that paved way
for the formation of a new Government.
“Special thanks go to General Chiwenga and his leadership
structure for the peaceful manner they intervened to bring back normalcy in the
party and country in general,” he said.
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