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Joseph Madzimure
Zimpapers Politics Hub
ZANU PF will reduce the number of delegates attending the forthcoming 21st Annual National People’s Conference, the party’s National Chairperson, Cde Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, said yesterday.
The conference, to be held at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair grounds in Bulawayo from October 22 -27, presents an opportunity for the metropolitan province to demonstrate its capacity to host large-scale events and showcase its vibrancy.
After addressing the third meeting of the National Co-ordinating Committee at the party’s headquarters in Harare yesterday, Cde Muchinguri-Kashiri said the number of delegates would be lower compared to previous conferences.
“We are happy to report that already, our agenda and programmes for the conference are in place. We have already agreed on the delegates that will be attending.
“It’s not everyone who will attend. It will be the Politburo members, Central Committee members, National Consultative Assembly members, provincial executive members and district co-ordinating committees and that also applies to organs of the party.
“We avoided bringing all lower engines of the party as we used to do in the past because we also learnt best practices from other countries such as China.
“They don’t bring a lot of people to a conference. We have also adopted that so the numbers will be quite small and even the inputs and resolutions that will come out of the conference will be rich because of the numbers.
“Delegates will debate, argue and do critical thinking,” she said.
Minimising numbers would also reduce accidents as fewer vehicles would make their way to the conference venue.
The conference will be held under the theme: “Industrialise, modernise towards Vision 2030.”
A number of issues, including the state of the party, the state of the economy, agriculture and food security at household level, delivering prosperity to the people and restoring the country’s glory, will come under discussion.
Cde Muchinguri-Kashiri said the conference was essentially a policy review indaba where there would be robust discussions on refining party policies to align them with the country’s economic development goals.
“We are almost 95 percent ready in terms of preparations for the upcoming conference.
“This is our third meeting as a national co-ordinating committee to exchange notes. This committee comprises all the departments that are relevant in preparations for any conference or congress,” she said.
At the conference, the Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion, Professor Mthuli Ncube, will give a detailed report on the state of the economy.
Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando is expected to present a report on the state of mining while the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Dr Anxious Masuka, will give a detailed report on the state of agriculture.
This year, the country was hit hard by drought and the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare July Moyo will present interventions by Government to ensure that no one will starve.
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