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Farirai Machivenyika-Senior Reporter
Chipinge East MP Cde Lincoln Dhliwayo has hailed President Mnangagwa for setting the country’s development path towards attainment of an upper middle-income society by 2030 after he delivered his State of the Nation Address at the official opening of the country’s 10th Parliament in September.
Cde Dhliwayo said this while debating the President’s SONA address in the National Assembly last week.
“The SONA set the tone and the spirit the people of Zimbabwe have to adopt in order to achieve the short to medium term Vision 2030,” he said. “His Excellency, Dr ED Mnangagwa’s vision is to ensure that Zimbabwe becomes an upper middle-income economy by or before the year 2030.
“In a layman’s language, an upper middle-income economy is an engine of economic growth where everyone has uninterrupted access to social utilities such as electricity, health facilities, clean water and education. These countries are major global economic engines with per capita incomes ranging from US$4 000 to US$12 000 per annum.
“This implies the majority will have improved quality of life. For this reason, His Excellency the President, Dr E.D Mnangagwa stresses inclusivity in his mantra: Leaving no one and no place behind.”
Policies supporting agriculture like Pfumvudza/Intwasa had small-scale farmers quadrupling their levels of productivity, particularly among those who have religiously followed the instructions in Chipinge East.
He urged Government to expand the programme to support growing of fruit trees and eucalyptus plantations that can also be used for bee-keeping for honey production.
Cde Dhliwayo commended the growth of the mining sector in the Second Republic.
“The President also commended on positive contributions by the mining sector to the national cake with growth rising from US$2,8 billion in 2017 to the current US$12 billion dollars industry. What an astronomical improvement in economic growth,” he said.
“There is, however, a pending Bill (Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill) that is before this House. This House must consider and bring it to finality. In bringing this Bill to finality, it is of vital importance that this House ensures that the permanent residents, our youths, women and men are fairly empowered.
“All those exclusive prospecting orders that have been lying idle for more than five years throughout the country must be scrapped. This House must ensure a fair determination of the maximum sizes of the claim that must be allocated to any juristic individual.”
Cde Dhliwayo thanked President Mnangagwa for the posthumous conferment of national hero status to the late ZANU founding President, Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole.
“The President healed a long agonising pain that we the Ndau people bore for ages,” he said. “This resonates well with His Excellency’s mantra, leaving no one and no place behind. Indeed, the moment you took over as the captain of the ship, you remembered us the Ndau people. You are walking the talk baba.”
The Chipinge East legislator also commended Government for the opening of the e-passport offices in Chipinge town, saying the logistical problems of travelling and long waiting periods is now a thing of the past.
He thanked the President for the drilling of 12 boreholes in Chipinge East that will ensure availability of safe drinking water.
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