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Harare East MP make house holds contribute $50 for the construction of bridges

by Stephen Jakes
10 Mar 2016 at 05:14hrs | Views
HARARE – East Zanu PF Member of Parliament Terence Mukupe has said households in his constituency are contributing $50 each for the construction of bridges.

He said he recently addressed over 2000 jobless youths in his constituency.

"In as much as or country is going through a rough patch economically, I'm not one person who will seat on my backside and wait on the government to deliver jobs. As a constituency each household has been contributing $50 towards infrastructure development. We have started building bridges and roads. The contractors are in turn now employing or youths. We are going to play our part in bringing jobs to the able bodied Youths," he said.

The unemployment rate in Zimbabwe is estimated to be at over 80%.

Source - Byo24News