Promote education, health: Sekeramayi

David Shumba recently in DANDE
Government has been urged to promote the provision of education and health to rural communities as a way of improving lives. The call was made by Defence Minister Dr Sydney Sekeramayi during a visit to Murongwe Primary School and Murongwe Health Centre in Dande that were recently constructed by the Air Force of Zimbabwe. Dr Sekeramayi was accompanied by Primary and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora, Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr Paul Chimedza and Airforce of Zimbabwe commander Air Marshal Perrance Shiri.

“We are here to see the developments that have been made by the combined efforts of the community and the Air Force of Zimbabwe,” he said.
“We are here with the minister of both primary and secondary education and the Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care so that they see the need to develop rural communities, promote education and health.”

Murongwe Primary School now has modern facilities compared to previously when classrooms and teachers’ houses were made of pole and dagga.
The visit by Dr Sekeramayi’s delegation came ahead of the official opening of both the school and the clinic by President Mugabe.

Speaking during the same visit, Air Marshal Shiri said they were in the process of constructing a secondary school and a Vocational Training Centre in the same area.
“We are in the process of building a secondary school that we are hoping to finish by January next year followed by a Vocational Training Centre in this area with assistance from the corporate world and villagers,” Air Marshal Shiri said.

Dr Dokora thanked AFZ for constructing the school. Dr Chimedza said the AFZ was contributing in moving the health agenda forward by building Murongwe Clinic.