KWEKWE – Zanu PF has pledged to end Kwekwe’s perennial water challenges by providing them
with solar-powered water sources, building the new Globe and Phoenix Primary School, and
constructing flea markets that will benefit women and youths in the district.
Addressing thousands of party supporters who thronged Amaveni Stadium last Friday for a campaign
rally, Zanu PF national chairperson and Minister of Defence and War Veterans, Oppah Muchinguri-
Kashiri said the ruling party will push the government to rehabilitate roads in Kwekwe and for war
veterans to benefit from government programmes.
She said President Emmerson Mnangagwa was seized with the issue of how to arrest the problem of
high water bills, which are choking residents and ratepayers.
“We heard about water charges which are being hiked…
“The President (Mnangagwa) is looking at the law on issues of hiking of water charges. Once upon a
time, the Zanu PF government once set aside the high bills, the President is looking at it,” said the
Zanu PF national chairperson, much to a thunderous applause of the supporters.
Muchinguri-Kashiri added: “We are looking at the grievances of the people. Water is a human right.
We want everyone to have access to water. No wonder why the President has embarked on the
drilling of boreholes and construction of dams.”
She said President Mnangagwa has instructed the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and
Devolution to drill boreholes in areas that have water challenges in Kwekwe.
Midlands, she said, has 80 drilling rigs that are expected to drill 35 000 solar-powered boreholes, of
which five will be drilled in the coming weeks.
Muchinguri-Kashiri took a swipe at opposition-run councils which are failing to provide basic services
to the people.
On infrastructural development, Muchinguri-Kashiri said the government will use devolution funds
to build roads that are in bad state, the construction of a drugs rehabilitation centre in Amaveni, and
the construction of a clinic in Ward 6.
She said Minister Mavima has been tasked to identify an area for the construction of Globe and
Phoenix Primary School. Work on the construction of the new school is expected to commence in
three weeks.
Muchinguri-Kashiri also tasked Minister Mavima to identify state land for the construction of flea
markets that will benefit women and youths in business.
The Zanu PF national chairperson urged authorities to build ablution facilities in Ward 6, where
small-scale miners are conducting their operations.
She said Zimbabwe is blessed with more than 73 minerals whose earnings have helped in the fight
against sanctions.
“We are not getting any aid from abroad but we are using our minerals for developmental projects.
No one will come and build Zimbabwe but we Zimbabweans.”
Muchinguri-Kashiri urged the electorate in Kwekwe to vote for President Mnangagwa whose policies
are anchored on economic development and have had a positive impact on the lives of the people.
Zanu PF, she said, is going into the August 23 harmonised elections having bagged 94 council seats
uncontested.
Muchinguri-Kashiri said Zanu PF boasts of tried and tested leaders who fought hard for the liberation
of the country.
“We now have a war of developing this country, hence the President’s mantra no one will be left
behind,” the Zanu PF national chairperson said and added that there was a need for Zimbabweans to
give President Mnangagwa another five-year mandate to lead the country.
