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Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
ZANU PF will never abandon its people. For our party, this is unthinkable. We are intertwined with our people.
Any talk of us abandoning the people is mere hogwash.
There is a clear agenda to alienate the people from their beloved party, but this will not work. Each day, there are growing narratives and counter-narratives that are aimed at fuelling discontent and creating discomfort amongst our people. Some are misguided enough to think that ZANU PF and its Government will ever do anything contrary to the interests of the people. The ZANU PF party serves the interests of its people. It has always done so since its formation. There is no way we would abandon our people after traversing such a long journey together thus far.
The journey has been long, hard and treacherous. Amidst all the difficulties, we have made attempts to ensure that our people remain at the centre of our policies and programmes.
We have always pursued a welfarist agenda.
This has not changed, and it will continue to be so for many more years to come.
There are several initiatives that have been introduced by His Excellency, the President, Dr ED Mnangagwa, which are aimed at ensuring that our people are well taken care of, from Command Agriculture, all the way to the Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme and many others in between.
The goal has been to ensure that our people get the most out of all these initiatives.
There is a lot that has been done to place our country on the right trajectory, and we will continue doing more. With food security all but guaranteed, the next step is to ensure that we revamp the country’s health sector.
Our people’s health is of the utmost importance and the Government is making concerted efforts to ensure that the health of our people is guaranteed through the development of world-class healthcare facilities.
To demonstrate how seriously the President takes the need to revamp the country’s health sector, during his recent State visit to Belarus, Zimbabwe concluded several agreements, including a deal to transform Zimbabwe’s public health sector.
This deal will include the refurbishing of Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare, and upgrading infrastructure and equipment to meet global standards.
Other conditions of the agreement include facilitating pharmaceutical acquisition, with Belarus as one of the sources of quality and affordable drugs; upgrading provincial and district hospitals across the country; as well as exploring joint venture agreements for local production of medicines.
The health sector is not the only area that the Government has been placing increased focus on. There are numerous road rehabilitation initiatives that have been effected and some are in the pipeline and ready for implementation.
The goal is to see a totally revamped and improved road network system suitable for the needs of our people in the 21st century.
We have come a long way, and we have even further to go. The steps we have taken thus far have been done with all of us working together as a nation, united and in pursuit of one common goal. The steps that we will need to take in the near future will require all of us to stand tall together to ensure that we achieve our desired goals for the benefit of all of us.
ZANU PF does not discriminate, and its Government will work for the benefit of each and every Zimbabwean regardless of their political affiliation. We have always adopted a mass-party approach to our business, and we will continue doing so.
The era of divisive politics is long gone, and anyone who makes an attempt to take us back to those times should not be given any attention. We should solely focus on nation-building, together as one. We must ensure that we fight to move this nation and take it to prosperity, with the people at the centre of any such initiative. Anything contrary to this shared goal must not be given a moment’s thought.
In ZANU PF, the people are the most important aspect of our cause, and they will remain so. We will not abandon them, and all efforts will be made to ensure that their needs are met as we strive to take our nation to the promised land.
Dr Obert Moses Mpofu is an academic and the Secretary-General of ZANU PF. He writes in his own capacity.
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