Shot in arm for Kadoma clergy

Mash West Correspondent
Apostolic sect church leaders in Kadoma have received over 10 houses worth $300 000 from the Zimbabwe Amalgamated Churches Council in a project that also saw 40 churches getting stands.

According to ZACC patron Cde Jimayi Muduvuri, the organisation had also reserved two hectares of land that would be used in the construction of a rehabilitation centre for people with disabilities in Kadoma.

Three churches, the Zion Christian Church, Johanne Marange and Madzibaba Wimbo’s Johanne Masowe Vadzidzi VaJeso, will benefit from the project.

Addressing church leaders who witnessed the launch of the project and donations of the Pixie Combe houses and the ground-breaking of the Mandalay stands in Kadoma on Saturday, Cde Muduvuri said all 300 churches in Kadoma would benefit from the project.

“These 10 houses are going to the church leaders of Kadoma,” he said.

“They (leaders) and their families will own these houses. We want to avoid scenarios where we have their families suffering after their deaths.

“Even when the church bishop dies his family remains in the house, they do not have to leave debts behind. In Kadoma, we have at least 300 churches and today we give away 40 stands for church buildings.

“The apostolic churches who worship on open spaces do so because they do not have stands, but this time they will build churches.”

Cde Muduvuri said the houses were donated by Macsherp.

“We also donated stands for churches, which is close to $500 000 and today I give the keys to the churches, but His Excellency President Mnangagwa is the one who will hand them over to you,” he said.

“This is because he is the one who has the churches at heart and is preaching economic development. He has your interests at heart.”

On the rehabilitation centre for the disabled, Cde Muduvuri said the programme would be rolled out across Zimbabwe.

“We are saying as ZACC, I am giving two hectares of land for a rehabilitation centre in Kadoma which will cater for all disabled persons,” he said.

“We will not be selective, but instead we are saying everybody who is disabled is going to be catered for.

“We are going to do the same countrywide with each town benefiting from the programme. We are moving to Norton from here because we already have land there.”

Cde Muduvuri said the project was aimed at sensitising Zimbabweans that disability is not inability.

He called on church leaders to be united and speak with one voice for peace and unity in Zimbabwe.

The programme was attended by the ZACC leadership from across the country.