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Daniel Chigunwe-Herald Correspondent
Mazowe district in Mashonaland Central is hot and a rather difficult valley to live in because of the terrain.
Here nature has been both excessively crude and intrinsically benevolent.
On the positive, nature’s generosity has provided the valley with vast tracts of farmland, minerals, interlocking smaller valleys, rivers and rivulets.
The down side is, these attractive trinkets and a historical land tenure system, have over the years resulted in a booming human population that requires a plethora of services for it to survive decently.
When it comes to serious business in the implementation of people oriented, life changing and societal upliftment programmes, the Second Republic under President Mnangagwa has done exceptionally well.
The affinity for development displayed in the New Dispensation has seen Zimbabwe fast transforming, especially regards infrastructure, trade, rural modernisation and industrialisation.
With Government policy of “leaving no one and no place behind” supported by President Mnangagwa’s mantra of nyika inovakwa nevene vayo/ ilizwe lakhiwa ngabanikazi balo, many parts of the country are witnessing various empowerment and development projects with support from devolution funds.
When Parliament disbursed US$50 000 in local currency in May, Mazowe Central legislator Dr Maxmore Njanji managed to complete a two-classroom block at Manga Secondary School in Matepatepa. The Constituency Development Funds were used to secure roofing material, ending infrastructural challenges that have been dogging learners and teachers.
Furthermore, a portion of the funds went towards the rehabilitation of a 100-metre long footbridge, which gives passage to villagers from Ward 5 in Mukodzongi, Ruwiza, Kunzekwenyika and Chigwada to access healthcare services, schools and shopping activities at Chinesha.
This bridge, which has for decades been the only route to cross the mighty Chiraire river had become a death trap, especially for children and the disabled community with previous incidents of children having drowned after falling from the unsteady footbridge.
Meanwhile, from the same chunk of the CDF, plumbing material for the rehabilitation of Chelvy Clinic were bought.
Bindura Town Council is working with the Ministry of Health and Childcare Services to furnish the clinic.
Commenting on the various ongoing projects, Dr Njanji acknowledged the wonders that this fund can do to ameliorate lives.
“For us as a constituency, the CDF has worked miracles for our people, whilst we ensured that no one and no place has been left behind, we also targeted those projects which are critical for the day to day lives of our people.
“As we speak, we have secured cement for the construction of a two-classroom block for Dombawera Primary School and work is in progress. My thrust as a legislator is to make sure that our children have access to better schools as I champion access to educational facilities for children in marginalised areas of our constituency.
“Healthcare services are also part of my consideration, therefore while work is at advanced stage for the full operation of Chelvy Clinic, we also secured material for the full capacitation of Mukodzongi clinic.
“So our goal was to make sure that all incomplete projects are fully attended to so that they serve the community,” said Dr Njanji.
The legislator has also seen part of this people’s fund directed towards the securing of material for the construction of Gweshe bridge which is critical in linking parts of the constituency with the major health care providers, in particular Howard Mission Hospital.
