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ALL local authorities have been requested to submit a list of objectives detailing how they intend to turn-around service delivery within the next three months as one of the development agendas set in the new political dispensation.
City of Mutare Town Clerk Mr Joshua Maligwa said council has since made a list of the turnaround objectives that would see improved service delivery in the eastern border town. Mr Maligwa said they have since set targets for various council departments and some are already “hitting the ground running”.
“The new political dispensation requires us to be hitting the ground running in terms of service delivery issues. We should be results-oriented and we should bring tangible results to the city in terms of service provision,” he said.
“The new political dispensation and in particular the new Minister of Local Government and Housing Development Cde July Moyo has given us a new life in as far as local authorities are concerned. The new minister requires us to produce tangible results inasfar as the services delivery is concerned.
“He has since requested all local authorities to submit what we can call low-hanging fruits. As far as Mutare City is concerned, we have come up with our own list,” he said.
Mr Maligwa said he has since consulted Mutare Mayor Tatenda Nhemarare and the technical team and agreed on things they want to achieve within the next 90 days. He said among the agreed things, City of Mutare has resolved to complete the construction of a clinic and completion of Hob House Primary School.
“We have targeted to complete our Hob House Primary School. Our target was to finish the school by December 31, 2017, unfortunately there were some snags that we met along the way. We have set our targets to complete within the next 90 days. This will cost us around US$370 000 inclusive of the US$180 000 that we have already used.
“In addition to that, we have also two blocks of classrooms that were need to roof before the schools open in Fern Valley,” he said. Mr Maligwa said they have also agreed as council to provide 484 serviced residential stands in Dangamvura at an estimated cost of US$1,8 million. Although he admitted that they would not complete the project within three months, he said there should be something tangible within the next 90 days.
“What is of paramount importance is the issue of basic health delivery system in Mutare. You are aware that there is no clinic in Hobhouse, save for private surgeries. We are targeting the construction of a clinic in Hobhouse to be named Hobhouse Polyclinic. Our target is to ensure that within the first three to six months, at least as far as procurement, designs and set-out, something will be happening.
“Our target is to ensure that we improve access to primary health for the people of Hobhouse to the tune of US$24 000. About 24 nurses will be employed for that project,” he said. Mr Maligwa said as council they were working towards improving the water reticulation system in Mutare, with the completion of Dangamvura pipeline being the main priority.
“Our water reticulation system is lacking what we call zoning. There are no zones in Mutare and we are targeting that the new water distribution network system should be zoned. It means we are supposed to procure water valves. We are going to fork out about US$500 000 towards the procurement of the required equipment,” he said. Efforts were also being made to market the City of Mutare as a Special Economic Zone.
“We are also working on urban renewal and as a city we will be unveiling our partners. We are targeting to construct a three-storey and two-bedroomed residential flats in Sakubva under the urban renewal at a cost of about US$5 million,” he said.
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