Tsvangirai says Matebeleland water project to be implemented
30/10/2010 08:58:00
Bulawayo, October 29,2010—Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday said
the inclusive government will make sure the National Matabeleland Zambezi
Water Project (NMZWP) which has been on the cards for decades get full
implemented as soon as possible.
Bulawayo, October 29,2010—Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday said
the inclusive government will make sure the National Matabeleland Zambezi
Water Project (NMZWP) which has been on the cards for decades get full
implemented as soon as possible.
NMZWP is a project seeks to end the perennial water shortages bedeviling
Bulawayo by constructing a 500km pipe line to bring water from the mighty
Zambezi River to the city. The project was mooted in 1912 by the
colonial government but it has been failing to take off due
unavailability of funds.
Addressing delegates at NMZWP stakeholders’ conference organized by
Ministry of Water Resources in Bulawayo on Friday, Tsvangirai said the
inclusive government has already put all necessary measures for the full
implementation of the project.
“We have now moved from theory to practice, the inclusive government which
I lead will make sure NMZWP get full implemented as soon as possible .This
project doesn’t belong to any political party but its for the people
of Matabeleland and should benefit the region.
“It is the duty of the government to implement the project and
bring water to Bulawayo and Matebeleland, ”said Tsvangirai.
Tsvangirai also said some political leaders have been trying to seek
support from people in Matebeleland using the NMZWP project.
In January this year the Minister of Water and Infrastructure Development,
Samuel Sipepa- Nkomo announced the inclusive government’s takeover of the
Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project, which has been renamed National
Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project (NMZWP).
Nkomo said he was merely implementing a 1 December 2009 cabinet decision to
wrestle the project from Matebeleland Zambezi Water Trust to speed up its
completion.