In an interview, MDC-T leader Senator Douglas Mwonzora said
his party was eager to work with all stakeholders to meet Government targeted
goals and improve the livelihoods of the people.
“We are prepared to discuss with Government,” he said. “We
are discussing with Government in Parliament anyway; we are discussing with
Government in the local authorities anyway. So we need to discuss so that the
lives of our people are transformed for the better.
“The MDC-T wants to work with all the stakeholders, including
the Government for the betterment of the lives of the Zimbabwean people. That
is why we have called for dialogue. We have a number of issues that will help
to improve the lives of our people.
“In that dialogue we want to discuss the state of the economy.
We have a number of ideas on how we can improve the economy. In whatever we are
going to do as an MDC-T, we are going to be guided by what is in the best
interest of the Zimbabwean people.”
Presently, the MDC-T is running most urban councils where residents
have been receiving a raw deal as the councils fail to provide essentials such
as water.
Apart from failing to deliver service successive MDC
councils have also had a number of councillors and senior officials, especially
in Harare and Chitungwiza, allegedly involved in brazen corruption.
This, Sen Mwonzora said, is about to stop.
“We are running the municipalities right now,” said Sen
Mwonzora. “Our new party administration has just taken over most local
authorities. We want to attract investment in the municipalities, into the
towns so that our people get jobs.
“We need to create jobs, we need to alleviate poverty, we
need to attract investment in the country”.
Sen Mwonzora commended President Mnangagwa for working
towards the revival of the economy through introducing a number of policies
such as the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1), the Government’s economic
blueprint running from 2021 to 2025, which will be anchored on devolution and
decentralisation plus prudent use of public resources.
NDS1 is the second step of the Second Republic’s drive to
attain Vision 2030 of achieving a middle income economy in the next decade and
succeeds the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) that ran from October
2018 to the end of last year, and which through rigorous fiscal and monetary
reform created the required stable economic foundation for growth and
development
“What is important is that all the stakeholders must work
together towards implementing Government policies. A good blue print needs
implementation, it needs the cooperation of everyone. All stakeholders must be
involved,” said Sen Mwonzora.
The NDS1 was a culmination of extensive consultations in
Government, private sector, Political Actors Dialogue, labour, civil society,
academia and development partners among others.
The NDS1 framework will ensure sustainable growth of the
mining sector towards the US$12 billion mining sector economy.
Some of the areas the NDS1 focuses on are infrastructure,
digital economy and housing delivery to avail affordable and quality
settlements in urban and rural areas.
Sen Mwonzora said the country should move away from toxic
politics and work towards to the transformation of the country’s economy. Herald
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