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Fairness Moyana recently in Binga
GOVERNMENT is making progress in the construction works at the Binga Civil Registry building as part of a programme to resuscitate all stalled development projects in the country.
In line with President Mnangagwa’s philosophy of “leaving no one and no place behind”, the Second Republic is rolling out infrastructure projects that are at different stages of completion and are transforming beneficiary community livelihoods.
In Binga the Civil Registry building was initiated some time ago but stalled at 10 percent completion.
The advent of the Second Republic saw the resumption of construction earlier this year, which is now 52 percent complete.
Civil Registry projects manager, Mr Gorden Tsuro, says once complete the building will be a game changer towards efficient provision of important national documents to the people.
“This project is important in that it will provide quality and efficient services to our clients in the provision of national documents. It will also decongest the workspace thereby affording staff a good working environment while also ensuring secure storage of records,” he said.
Minister of State for Presidential Affairs in charge of monitoring and implementation of Government programmes, Dr Joram Gumbo, conducted a tour of the congested old and dilapidated offices recently.
“Honourable Minister, this is the current state of our district offices. We have been housed in this small building and these dilapidated wooden cabins for years at the benevolence of the DDC,” said Mr Tsuro while briefing the minister.
Dr Gumbo was shown how the small offices were crammed with files competing for space with the staff and clients. Old furniture still characterises the station with security of staff on vital documents compromised as snakes, scorpions and rats could easily creep into the offices through openings.
After the tour Dr Gumbo said the Government was focused on resuscitating such projects as part of the devolution drive.
“I had an opportunity to tour the Central Registry Construction project. This was a deliberate decision after our experience with similar Central Registry projects in Hwedza, Filabusi and Siakobvu that had literally been abandoned,” he said.
“It’s regrettable that the construction of the Binga Central Registry suffered the same fate with construction having commenced in the 1990s and then stalled until the advent of the Second Republic.
“Government has, therefore, embarked on a programme to complete the construction of all stalled projects across the country.”
The minister reiterated Government’s commitment to ensure critical services such as acquisition of national documents were brought closer to the people.
“The accelerated implementation of the registry building project is a welcome development since it will enable easier access to important national documents such as passports, birth and death certificates by the local community,” he said.
“Access to these documents is a right that is protected by our Constitution and it is the desire of Government to ensure that people do not travel long distances to access critical services.”
During his visit to Binga in recent months, President Mnangagwa made various proclamations to transform the district through implementation of various infrastructure projects and empowerment programmes. These include the rehabilitation of the Binga Airstrip, Siabuwa-Siakobvu and donation of fishing rigs to the 17 chiefs, women and youths, among others.
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