Our ACTIONS for Devolution and Sustainable National Transformation Idle promises! The previous government promised much but acted on very little. This is why Zimbabwe is now considered a poor country endowed with unlimited resources!.We are convinced that the absence of a devolved system of government is one of the key causes of the misery that this country has been facing. What MDC ACTIONS mean Access to resources and equity, public offices, power, free choices and justice. Control of our destiny, welfare, local power and decision-making mechanisms, Transformation of communities and strengthening livelihoods of all Zimbabweans. Initiative for wealth, job creation, social security and equal opportunity. Organization of all public institutions to effectively and efficiently deliver services. New Technologies for propelling the country into digital age through science, mathematics and engineering. Sustainability of the agenda on life, the habitat, the environment, and national policy programs. The MDC ACTIONS is the practical way of making devolution work ! Why the MDC wants ACTIONS! • For the last three decades, government has focused more on Harare at the expense of evenly-distributed or decentralized national development. • An absence of devolution has attracted government and commercial activities and major corporations, good schools and better services to one or two cities at the expense of other regions. • The so-called Growth Points have mainly been centres of retail business, social relaxation and pleasure through music functions, liquor outlets and butcheries rather than job creation and quality living. • An absence of devolution of services and jobs has triggered congestion of human capital, traffic and services to the major towns and cities where citizens want to enjoy already existing structures of comfort and convenience. • This has resulted in overcrowding, strained water and sewerage service delivery, poverty, prostitution, corruption, disease and crime. What the MDC ACTIONS will do MDC will empower citizens through a devolution process where any ordinary citizen can have an input into the decisions affecting her or his life. The MDC is the only party to call for genuine devolution of administrative functions and public services for the following advantages: • Saving money and time by walking to the nearest government offices. Thus, no more taking time off to travel to a major city for documents like a passport, driver’s license, birth certificates, road permits and liquor licences. • Creation of trust and elimination of corruption and red-tape as local service providers connect with small numbers of stakeholders. • Communities benefit from local resources and economic activities in their areas. • Industrialisation of rural areas and creation of jobs by value addition of local raw material and natural resources. • Promoting democratic, participatory and accountable exercise of political power. • Fosters national unity by recognizing diversity. • Creates opportunities of self-governance and self determination, • Protects and promotes the interests and rights of minorities and marginalized communities. • Spending decisions taken at local levels create more efficiency and impact because they come with practical relevance. • Promotion of local languages and cultures as tools for social and economic development. • Easy monitoring and evaluation of public service delivery processes. • Through direct service provision to local structures, citizens will cease to become mere statistics as they will be considered real stakeholders with feelings. • Leaders and public office bearers will become more accountable and efficient for fear of disappointing local stakeholders who wield power.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 17:10:22 +0000
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