The Sunday Mail
Leonard Ncube in Binga
GOVERNMENT is committed to ensuring all villagers affected by floods in Binga are catered for, Vice President Kembo Mohadi said yesterday.
VP Mohadi, who arrived in Binga on Friday, visited Nsungwaale area to assess the damage caused by floods that hit the area last month.
The floods killed one elderly person, damaged 181 homesteads and affected 37 families.
He also commissioned the Binga Community Craft Centre and Kasambabezi Border Post.
Addressing hundreds of villagers at Nsungwaale Business Centre, VP Mohadi made assurances that Government will support the affected families.
“As the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa, we have said no one will starve in Zimbabwe. I have come and seen the situation, which means the President has seen it too,” said VP Mohadi.
He said Government was there to serve the interests and will of the people.
Government will make sure the 80km Binga-Siabuwa Road is rehabilitated and boreholes are sunk across the district, he added.
Some villagers are reportedly pushing to be relocated to Chijalila Game Reserve a few kilometres away.
VP Mohadi, however, urged them to move into the 300 tents that have been set up for families that survived the floods.
“Government will assist until you are self-sustaining.
‘‘We mourn together with you on the death of one elderly man who died because of the floods. I also come from an equally dry area like Binga and I know how you feel. We will try by all means to assist you to get all your needs. We are your leaders but we are not different from you because we are your children.”
He thanked organisations that have donated different kinds of goods to the victims.
Save the Children Zimbabwe donated building materials worth US$14 998, while the Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Raj Modi, donated 10 tonnes of groceries worth $125 000.
Minister of State for Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs and Devolution Cde Richard Moyo said his office will work tirelessly towards the development of every community.
Chief Sindali of Binga praised VP Mohadi for commiserating with the people by spending two days in the district and well-wishers for donating to the affected. Leonard Ncube in Binga
GOVERNMENT is committed to ensuring all villagers affected by floods in Binga are catered for, Vice President Kembo Mohadi said yesterday.
VP Mohadi, who arrived in Binga on Friday, visited Nsungwaale area to assess the damage caused by floods that hit the area last month.
The floods killed one elderly person, damaged 181 homesteads and affected 37 families.
He also commissioned the Binga Community Craft Centre and Kasambabezi Border Post.
Addressing hundreds of villagers at Nsungwaale Business Centre, VP Mohadi made assurances that Government will support the affected families.
“As the Second Republic led by President Mnangagwa, we have said no one will starve in Zimbabwe. I have come and seen the situation, which means the President has seen it too,” said VP Mohadi.
He said Government was there to serve the interests and will of the people.
Government will make sure the 80km Binga-Siabuwa Road is rehabilitated and boreholes are sunk across the district, he added.
Some villagers are reportedly pushing to be relocated to Chijalila Game Reserve a few kilometres away.
VP Mohadi, however, urged them to move into the 300 tents that have been set up for families that survived the floods.
“Government will assist until you are self-sustaining.
‘‘We mourn together with you on the death of one elderly man who died because of the floods. I also come from an equally dry area like Binga and I know how you feel. We will try by all means to assist you to get all your needs. We are your leaders but we are not different from you because we are your children.”
He thanked organisations that have donated different kinds of goods to the victims.
Save the Children Zimbabwe donated building materials worth US$14 998, while the Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Raj Modi, donated 10 tonnes of groceries worth $125 000.
Minister of State for Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs and Devolution Cde Richard Moyo said his office will work tirelessly towards the development of every community.
Chief Sindali of Binga praised VP Mohadi for commiserating with the people by spending two days in the district and well-wishers for donating to the affected.
