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Harare Bureau
PRESIDENT Mugabe said yesterday that his daughter Bona whose sweetheart Simba Chikore recently paid lobola for her is expected to wed in March next year.Speaking at the commissioning and handover of two boys’ hostels, a 79-seater bus and a computer laboratory at Chishawasha Mission Primary School in Goromonzi, President Mugabe said the wedding would come after Bona’s graduation in Singapore next month.
President Mugabe emphasised the importance of education for the development of the nation.
He told the gathering that Bona, who holds a first degree in accounting, would be graduating with a Masters on 16 November at a university in Singapore.
“Tina sisi vari pano ava vane zita rinonzi Bona,” he said. “Akaenda kuDominican Convent takazomuendesa kunana Hong Kong achindoita zvidzidzo zve accounts. Akazoita Masters ku Singapore saka ari kuenda kugraduation musi wa 16 November.
“Gore rinouya akafunga zvekusiya mhuri kunovamba yakewo achiti chisarai makandibatsira ndakura ndakunozviitira. Izvo ndinofunga zvichauya muna March gore rinouya. Ndopatinenge tichizokukokai mose ipapo kuti munge muinesu.”
At the function, President Mugabe hailed businessman Mr Enock Kamushinda for financing the projects at the school. Mr Kamushinda, who was present at the function, was the one who offered to finance the construction of the hostels, computer laboratory and a bus at the school through President Mugabe.
The two double storey hostels have the capacity of housing 360 pupils, with each hostel accommodating 180 pupils – 90 on every floor.
The hostels were furnished with new beds and linen.
The computer laboratory was built after President Mugabe donated 20 computers at the school and it was officially opened yesterday.
President Mugabe described Mr Kamushinda as a friend who has worked closely with him for a long time.
The gesture, according to President Mugabe, was meant to ensure quality education for children in the country. He urged other members of the business community to take a cue from Mr Kamushinda and help in developing the nation.
President Mugabe said Zimbabweans had the capacity to develop their country. He said nationals must empower themselves with farming skills and to run their own businesses in order to contribute towards the development of the nation.
President Mugabe said Zimbabweans could manage to come up with solutions to the challenges they faced. He said the rural electrification programme should continue until all the schools have power for computerisation.
“Nyaya yekuisa magetsi kumaruwa ngaienderere mberi kana zvichibvira vamwe voita zvesolar kuti tipedzise chirongwa chedu chekupa macomputer muzvikoro,” he said.
President Mugabe said he had a soft spot for Chishawasha because that was where his mother, Ambuya Bona Mugabe, hailed.
He gave the history of how his mother’s family “The Kutamas” came from Gutu and settled in the Chishawasha area in the 1890s while others proceeded to Zvimba where they were later allocated land.
President Mugabe said his mother was a strong Roman Catholic Church member and he was raised in the same church until he became an adult.
He said he was still a Catholic and that he would continue assisting in educational programmes. President Mugabe pledged to strike a gender balance at Chishawasha by building other hostels for the girls.
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