Zanu-PF Mat North hails First Lady for efforts to boost Byo Kraal First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe
First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe

First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe

Nduduzo Tshuma, Political Editor
ZANU-PF Matabeleland North has hailed First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe for her efforts at boosting the Bulawayo Kraal Irrigation Scheme in Binga saying the initiative will go a long way in transforming the lives of the people in the area.

Addressing the Presidential Youth Interface Rally in Lupane last Friday, Dr Mugabe revealed that she had identified partners to work with at the irrigation scheme that has seen 100 hectares of land being put under seed maize that will be distributed to all parts of the country.

She said there were plans to fully utilise the 15 000 hectares of the project in the next five years with a concentration on high value crops.

Party provincial chairperson Cde Richard Moyo said, “We are happy as a province with the efforts of the First Lady at boosting the irrigation scheme.

“Besides creating employment, the project will ensure food security in the area and do away with donor dependency as some of these NGOs use food to push political agendas of hostile nations. It is our hope that with time, the project will be expanded to its full capacity so that many people benefit.”

Dr Mugabe said Matabeleland North was rich with natural resources that could be utilised to bring development to the province.

“The land (at Bulawayo Kraal) is part of those resources that should benefit and improve the livelihoods of the people of Binga and this is the wish of President Mugabe. We will continue working, we will be coming back in August to check how our seed maize crop is doing,” said Dr Mugabe.

She said there were plans to set up factories to process crops grown at the Bulawayo Kraal as part of value addition and beneficiation as captured in the Government’s economic blueprint, Zim-Asset .

“If this can be done in Matabeleland North, the same programmes can be replicated in other provinces so we will go around other provinces to see if we have land and water bodies that are not being utilised so that we assist the people in improving their livelihoods,” said Dr Mugabe.

“We know that MDC want to make this place their playground but from now on they will not succeed in Matabeleland North. As we go for elections in 2018, we know we will win emphatically, but we can only do that by working for the people and establishing projects for the people.

“We don’t want to be all talk while we sit but we want to deliver on promises we made ahead of the last elections four years ago. That is what we are doing as the women’s league, fulfilling the promises we made.”

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