Robin Muchetu, Senior Reporter
TWO hundred thousand households are set to benefit from the Presidential Solarisation Programme with beneficiaries being identified in eight provinces across the country.
President Mnangagwa is expected to launch the programme to mark the official commencement of the first year of the programme.
Speaking after emerging from the Post Cabinet Briefing the Minister of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services Dr Jenfan Muswere gave an outline of how the project is going to be rolled out.
“Following the approval of the Implementation Plan for the Presidential Solarisation Programme in December 2024, significant milestones have been made towards the provision of solar power to 200 000 households. Guidelines for the implementation of the programme have been established with stakeholder mapping and identification of beneficiaries in villages across the eight rural provinces already completed,” said Dr Muswere.
Dr Muswere said community mobilization and awareness processes for the project will be spearheaded by the Ministers of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution and have been completed.
The 200 000 solar kits will be installed by graduates of the Youth Service in Zimbabwe with assistance from experts from the Harare Institute of Technology and the Rural Electrification Agency will install the solar kits to the identified households.
Meanwhile, Cabinet considered and approved the compendium for the First 100-Day Cycle Projects for 2025.
The First 100-Day Cycle is running from 3rd February 2025 to 13th May 2025. The Cycle covers two hundred and thirty-six (236) projects, and involves projects from all Ministries and Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (RIDA). Of the total, 33 projects are being implemented countrywide, while a total of 10 projects will be implemented outside Zimbabwe. Some of the projects are replicated in more than one province.
The projects were selected according to their potential contribution to the aspirations of Vision 2030 focusing primarily on the improvement of the livelihoods of citizens in all communities.
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