President Mnangagwa says he will appoint the Minister of
State for Harare Metropolitan province this week.
The Metropolitan province did not have a Minister of State
since last year when President Mnangagwa appointed his new Cabinet.
Cde Mirriam Chikukwa was the last Minister of State for
Harare. Addressing a Meet the People rally at Rutenga Business Centre in
Mwenezi on Saturday, President Mnangagwa said provinces should now compete to
develop their economies in line with devolution.
“We now want to have rural economies, devolution,” said
President Mnangagwa. “I told all the 10 Ministers of State that they should
compete. Here you have Cde (Ezra) Chadzamira, in Manicaland there is Mai
(Ellen) Gwaradzimba, in Mashonaland East there is Mai (Apollonia) Munzverengi,
in Mashonaland Central there is Mai (Monica) Mavhunga, in Mashonaland West
there is Mai (Mary) Mliswa, in Midlands there is Cde (Larry) Mavima, in
Matabeleland South there is Cde (Abednico) Ncube, in Matabeleland North we have
Cde (Richard) Moyo, in Bulawayo we have Mai (Judith) Ncube and in Harare we are
going to announce next week who will represent the province.
In all these provinces we are saying provinces should no
longer look to Harare for everything. We want each and every province to have
its economy and its GDP.
“Like Masvingo you should look at the resources that you
have and see how Government should assist you to develop,” he said.
“You heard your Minister Cde Chadzamira saying you are
blessed because you have more dams here compared to other provinces. Tokwe-
Mukosi is now complete and it will generate electricity. When the master plan
is completed, there will be 25 000 hectares of irrigation for the people of
Masvingo. There is another dam along Runde River on our programme.”
Cde Mnangagwa said Government was now going to fund the
construction of the dam alone.
The President took time to explain progress made on the
dualisation of the Harare-Beitbridge road and plans that Government had with
regards to the refurbishment of the railway line from Maputo, Mozambique.
He said plans were afoot to refurbish the railway line from
Chikwalakwala up to Gweru. And it would also branch from Mwenezi to Masvingo.
President Mnangagwa said he would look into the request
made by the people of Mwenezi for the introduction of a local passenger train
in Masvingo to hedge against high costs of transport.
He said the Presidential Input Scheme would remain in place
and the budget had been increased to ensure that more people benefit from the
programme. Herald
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