Fulfil promises, MPs told

Senior Reporter
ZANU-PF Senator for Harare Metropolitan province Cde Tsitsi Jadagu has implored legislators from her party to fulfil promises made to the electorate in campaigns for the July 31 harmonised elections. Cde Jadagu said this while contributing to debate on the speech by President Mugabe during the official opening of the first session of the Eighth Parliament.

She said the country was facing a myriad of challenges that included erratic water and electricity supplies, unemployment and crumbling infrastructure.

“Now is not the time for long talks and speeches but it is time to deliver success to the people following Zanu-PF’s resounding victory during the harmonised elections.

“Our success will be measured by how far we will overcome the challenges I have mentioned,” she said.

Zanu-PF has said it would work towards fulfilling the promises it made during the electoral period with legislators being asked to present periodic reports on development programmes they have initiated in their constituencies and the challenges they are facing among other issues.

The party leadership have said the audits would be carried out throughout the tenure of the Government.

The Zanu-PF Government has already crafted its economic blueprint, Zim Asset, that would guide economic policy between now and 2018.

The policy has been tabled to various stakeholders including diplomats and would be implemented and supervised through the results-based management approach. Contributing to the debate, Senator Chief Mtshane who is also the Deputy President of the Chiefs’ Council called on Government to urgently revive irrigation schemes in the country as part of measures to alleviate water shortages caused by the erratic rainfall patterns.

“Droughts have put pressure on both surface and ground water and this has also endangered the lives of humans and livestock,” he said.
Chief Mtshane said only 40 percent of the country’s irrigation schemes were functional with 39 percent partially functional while 21 percent where not in use.

He said revival of the irrigation schemes to their optimum capacity would reduce food shortages and hunger in the country.