Accuracy needed on projects planning-Kutamahufa

MARONDERA- The secretary for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Tavabarira Kutamahufa recently
implored District Development Cordinators (DDCs), towns and rural councils’ executives and heads
of Government departments to be realistic when planning developmental projects and programmes
in the province.
He was speaking at a Provincial Development Committee (PDC) meeting held at the council chamber
in Marondera.
“All programmes and projects at district, province and national levels should be aligned and there
must synergies in our planning. We should desist from under-planning or over-planning avoid
claiming artificial achievements as that will always come back to haunt us.
“As we plan, central Government gives us the lead and signals us on the direction to take. Everything
should be programmed to link with the National Development Strategy-1 (NDS-1),” Kutamahufa
said.
The provincial secretary further stated that PDC meetings are statutory and guides in terms of
projects and programmes implementation and monitoring.
He said: “PDC meetings are statutory and the structure is responsible for superintending
development in the province. In the first quarter of the year, we come up with annual development
plans at district and provincial levels and the plans should be aligned to thematic areas. It should be
an abstract for our development plan.
“The development plan should contain data and the second, third and fourth quarters interrogate
progress or achievements for the year. If there are other high-impact projects not captured, they can
be included.”
The Second Republic has been on a drive to improve infrastructure across the country.
Dams, roads, bridges, hospitals, clinics and schools have been constructed while irrigation schemes
that stopped operating several years ago, have been resuscitated by President Emmerson
Mnangagwa’s administration.
The President has said that with more economic activities now taking place across the country,
Zimbabweans are guaranteed a massive improvement in their living standards in line with Vision
2030 of an empowered and prosperous upper middle income society.