The Sunday News
Eddious Masundire Shumba
Residents from all our undeveloped constituencies in the country were happy to hear that the Constituency Development Funds (CDF) have now been made available by the Government with the aim of upgrading these districts.
Many districts both in rural and in the cities are lagging behind in terms of development and it is our hope that the CDF funds will go a long way when it comes to uplifting the standards of the people in those constituencies.
If we can take a look at rural areas you find out that most areas are already inaccessible due to poor roads and very dangerous bridges.
Recently we heard some villagers from Mgodimasili in Tsholotsho who complained that it was only a matter of days before people are killed by the dangerous bridge in the area and they hope that the CDF money should also be used to repair the bridge.
There is only one road which links Mgodimasili village near Hwange Game Park and Tsholotsho centre so since we are now almost in the rainy season it is going to be difficult for them to access services at Tsholotsho Centre.
Schools and clinics in rural areas should also benefit from the funds because most of them have got no chairs and benches. Most of their roofs are leaking during the rainy season and we hope our MPs will put people first before they think about themselves.
The anti-corruption team must monitor the movement of these CDF funds because last time some greedy MPs converted the money to their own use after producing fake invoices.
