Opinion / Columnist
Well-done President Mugabe on Harare-Masvingo Road
31 Dec 2014 at 09:29hrs | Views
The executive order by President Robert Mugabe, to kick-start refurbishment of Harare-Masvingo-Beit-bridge Highway, in spite the pending court case challenging commencement of its construction, is a welcome development which would transform the country in 2015. This highway is not only critical to Zimbabweans, but is also the life-line of survival for the rest of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. It is an essential trade route for all nation states in Southern Africa as it is a link route to the sea via South Africa.
At the moment this road is characterized by numerous fatal road carnages because it cannot accommodate adequately the volumes of vehicles that flow on it daily. The prospect of this road's construction, which is over-due, comes as a relief to citizens who have been waiting for this development for too long.
It is also encouraging to note that Dr Obert Mpofu, the Minister of Transport, is creating an air-tight control on Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA), which is tasked to collect toll-gate fees. Toll-gate fees are expected to fund the construction of roads nation-wide. Dr Mpofu's operational strategy will ensure that cash leakages, poor management and corruption, are plugged.
In view of the foregoing, we are certain that toll-gate fess will be put to good use for national development. It is important that we should realize that a good road network is an indispensible pre-requite component for development as it makes easy and fast movement of capital goods and manpower as well as encouraging tourism activities.
As a nation, we need to open a clean slate of national development in 2015 with suitable competent people taking the lead. The President should be praised for removing corrupt elements from Government that had behaviours inconsistent with their national obligations in Government. Such people have selfish-personalized ambitions, which are at variance with the spirit of ZIM-ASSET which is expected to turn-around the national fortunes.
At the same time, this is an era to fight corruption to the bitter end until all wicked perpetrators are slumped into the frying pan of justice.
At the moment this road is characterized by numerous fatal road carnages because it cannot accommodate adequately the volumes of vehicles that flow on it daily. The prospect of this road's construction, which is over-due, comes as a relief to citizens who have been waiting for this development for too long.
It is also encouraging to note that Dr Obert Mpofu, the Minister of Transport, is creating an air-tight control on Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA), which is tasked to collect toll-gate fees. Toll-gate fees are expected to fund the construction of roads nation-wide. Dr Mpofu's operational strategy will ensure that cash leakages, poor management and corruption, are plugged.
As a nation, we need to open a clean slate of national development in 2015 with suitable competent people taking the lead. The President should be praised for removing corrupt elements from Government that had behaviours inconsistent with their national obligations in Government. Such people have selfish-personalized ambitions, which are at variance with the spirit of ZIM-ASSET which is expected to turn-around the national fortunes.
At the same time, this is an era to fight corruption to the bitter end until all wicked perpetrators are slumped into the frying pan of justice.
Source - Suitable Kajau
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