HARARE WEST CONSTITUENCY REPRESENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2008-2013 2013-2018

By Hon. Fungayi Jessie Majome M.P.

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1. HARARE WEST CONSTITUENCY PROFILE

Harare West National Assembly Constituency is represented by Fungayi Jessie Majome. It comprises the two council wards of Marlborough(Ward 41) and Mabelreign(Ward 16). It is the result of splitting the former Harare North Constituency into three after increasing the number of House of Assembly seats from 150 to 210 in line with Constitutional Amendment No.18 in December 2007. Its sister constituencies are Harare North and Mt Pleasant (where the Harare North Constituency office fell). Harare West Constituency is gifted with a wealth of human resources from all sectors, and a remarkable portfolio of commerce and industry concerns eclipsed possibly only by Harare Central Constituency because of the latters central business district. It houses the Westgate Complex, Bluffhill Industrial Park, Ashbrittle Office Park and Emerald and numerous other business sites that host formidable local and multi-national businesses. The constituency thus has the capacity to resource its own development but would require financial assistance in setting up the constituency development forum infrastructure.

2. HARARE WEST CONSTITUENCY MPS 5 YEAR REPRESENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2013-2018 A. VISION A Harare West constituency in which all women, men, the young and the disabled who live and work in it are: a) Empowered to attain the best possible standard of living and work promised by Harare West Constituency. b) Aware of or actively contribute to maximisation of the benefits of a parliamentary democracy in their day today lives. c) A Harare West in which a political culture of responsibility and participation replaces that of apathy and patronage. B. GOAL To set up, support and administer a non-partisan, multidisciplinary and comprehensive institutional mechanism for the derivation of maximum benefit of a parliamentary democracy to the constituents of Harare West through the twin objectives of parliamentary participation and constituency development. C. MISSION To develop and administer a non-partisan multidisciplinary and comprehensive and effective infrastructure for Harare West Constituency for participation in Parliament and the development of the constituency for the term of the M.P.

3. STRATEGIES 1. Informed interventions

4. PROJECTS Research, data collection

2. Co-operative co-ordination M.P, Councillors and Senators of local government service forum delivery 3. Participatory Development Ward based and Business Community based Constituency Development Forum 4. Human Rights and Civic a. Training and capacity Activism-based Community building in Empowerment i. Human Rights ii. Civic Education iii. Leadership b. Legal Aid Clinic c. Constituency information dissemination 5. Fund and Resources a) Human resources bank Raising and Management b) Finance raising c) Local resources and needs pairing d) Trust set up 6. Administrative Institutions Constituency representation and development office i.e. secretariat 7. Political a) Parliament Solutions/Interventions i. Legislation ii. Policy oversight of Government iii. Representation b) Information dissemination and dialogue c) Constituency newsletter d) Constituency Community Radio e) Public meetings

5. SECTORS OF OPERATION Economic 1. Infrastructure 2. 2. Physical planning participation 3. Communications a) Roads b) Telephone c) ICTs d) Transport Social 1.Education 2.Health Nutrition 3.Security Safety 4.Housing 5. Recreation-sports -culture- arts4. Commerce and Industry 5. Agriculture 6.Religion Political 1. Human rights 2. Civic participation

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3. Parliamentary engagement

7.Social Welfare

6. Amenities a) Electricity b) Water supply c) Waste disposal 7. Physical environment

6. FORM AND MODE OF OPERATION OF CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FORUM Residents (individuals and corporate) will participate on a voluntary basis in either Ward or Business Development Forums of their respective wards, and either individually or through appointed representatives (committees) will participate in the Constituency Development Forum. The Forum purpose is to implement, on a voluntary basis the above Constituency Development Strategies across all the identified sectors i.e. Economic, Social and Political through the following subcommittees at the constituency level but also reflected in the ward level where appropriate: 1. Amenities Sub-committee(electricity, water supply, waste disposal and physical environment) 2. Infrastructure and Communications Subcommittee (roads, telephones I.C.T, postal services) 3. Health and Nutrition Sub-committee 4. Education sub-committee 5. Culture Sub-committee (religion, recreation, the arts) 6. Welfare and Housing Sub-committee 7. Security and Safety Sub-committee 8. Business (Commerce, Industry) 9. Agriculture 10. Management Committee

7. ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK A trust will be established to host, manage, and safeguard the values and finances of the forum. It will employ a secretariat to manage the affairs of the forum in support of the Constituency Development Forum and its sub-committees.

8. INCEPTION REQUIREMENTS PRIORITIES Parliament is unable to fund all of them: 1. Securing constituency office accommodation 2. Securing a constituency office co-coordinator i.e. a development worker with a Social Science Degree. 3. Constituency profile and needs-assessment research. 4. Securing of venue for constituency quarterly consultation meetings. 5. Alternatively securing funding for press advertisement update message/letter to constituency or flier production and distribution. 6. Securing communications expenses (cell phone airtime, petrol).