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Nkayi family smiles at digitalisation
05 Aug 2016 at 07:03hrs | Views
THE Government has built a $13 000 homestead for a Nkayi family that was relocated to pave way for the construction of the Cross Zenka transmission site in Nkayi District as part of the digitalisation programme.
The construction of the homestead, a four-roomed house, a kitchen hut and a Blair toilet was funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ).
Speaking during a visit to the new transmission site and the new homestead, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Mr George Charamba said the family had to be moved after it was discovered that the site was dangerously close to the homestead.
"When we were doing our site identification, somehow technology failed us. We didn't see that there was a homestead, next to where we had sited our tower.
"We realised when we moved to the site that there was a homestead, which was dangerously close to the tower. What was originally meant to be migration from analogue to digital then had this direct consequence of migrating human beings from the site," said Mr Charamba.
He commended BAZ for funding the construction of the homestead, saying it went a long way in improving the lifestyle of the Moyo family.
"What made the story a happy one is that when we realised that there was that negative impact on a family, we immediately mobilised resources through BAZ and relocated the family to yield this beautiful homestead.
"When I look at the homestead, I don't see money that was sunk in, but I see our little contribution to improving the lifestyle of a family in Nkayi. If you remember from the documentation that we have from Government, Nkayi is rated as the poorest district in Matabeleland North," said Mr Charamba.
When there is an intervention of that nature, added Mr Charamba, one realises that it's not money that always matters in life.
"As you see the joy that has been brought to the family you realise money is not all that matters in life. It's human satisfaction, safety and progress that we look at," said Mr Charamba.
Mrs Thandiwe Moyo, a widow who stays with her three children, a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren said she was grateful to the Government for providing them with a new home.
"When the digitalisation team came to inform me that we had to be moved, I was terrified. But when they told me their plan and eventually started constructing the homestead, I was very happy.
The construction of the homestead, a four-roomed house, a kitchen hut and a Blair toilet was funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ).
Speaking during a visit to the new transmission site and the new homestead, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Mr George Charamba said the family had to be moved after it was discovered that the site was dangerously close to the homestead.
"When we were doing our site identification, somehow technology failed us. We didn't see that there was a homestead, next to where we had sited our tower.
"We realised when we moved to the site that there was a homestead, which was dangerously close to the tower. What was originally meant to be migration from analogue to digital then had this direct consequence of migrating human beings from the site," said Mr Charamba.
He commended BAZ for funding the construction of the homestead, saying it went a long way in improving the lifestyle of the Moyo family.
"What made the story a happy one is that when we realised that there was that negative impact on a family, we immediately mobilised resources through BAZ and relocated the family to yield this beautiful homestead.
"When I look at the homestead, I don't see money that was sunk in, but I see our little contribution to improving the lifestyle of a family in Nkayi. If you remember from the documentation that we have from Government, Nkayi is rated as the poorest district in Matabeleland North," said Mr Charamba.
When there is an intervention of that nature, added Mr Charamba, one realises that it's not money that always matters in life.
"As you see the joy that has been brought to the family you realise money is not all that matters in life. It's human satisfaction, safety and progress that we look at," said Mr Charamba.
Mrs Thandiwe Moyo, a widow who stays with her three children, a daughter-in-law and two grandchildren said she was grateful to the Government for providing them with a new home.
"When the digitalisation team came to inform me that we had to be moved, I was terrified. But when they told me their plan and eventually started constructing the homestead, I was very happy.
Source - chronicle
