Zimbabwe: The Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) candidate – Cde Shakemore Timburwa, has gifted a mobile clinic to the locals of Chegutu West Constituency. The mobile clinic will provide improved access to health services to at least 80,000 people in the region.
The clinic has been set up in a customised truck. The health personnel will move around and provide services on the run in the constituency and will treat health-related issues free of charge.
Reportedly, the residents and villagers in the west region have welcomed the clinic and said that it gives equal access to health in the constituency.
Jameson Kanera praised Cde Timburwa and ZANU-PF for understanding the needs of people in the community. He said that people fail to access health services owing to various reasons including distance and unavailability of money in some cases.
He added that they have many challenges and when they see people who are prepared to take the problems head on and make life better for us. “We embrace them. We support their cause,” said Kanera.
Cde Timburwa also made a statement and said that the mobile clinic has dedicated truck which will help to attend to the health needs of the people in Chegutu West Constituency free of charge.
Timburwa added that there are some areas in the constituency which have difficulties accessing health services and we are here to bridge the gap by providing a mobile clinic.
He said that the truck and health personnel are for people in Chegutu West Constituency to get free access to health services.
In upcoming elections, Dr Timburwa will face former CCC Member of Parliament Edmore Chivero who is running as an independent candidate and Gift Konjana who is representing the CCC superintendent by interim secretary Sengezo Tshabangu.
Timburwa stated that his party is primarily providing solutions to challenges that are being faced in communities.
“We have the issue of water challenges in some urban wards for instance where we are drilling boreholes as an interim measure while long-term solutions are being worked out,” stated Timburwa.
He also stated, “So far we have done 10 boreholes but more are coming. This also helps in taking up youths who are in need of employment. We will continue to identify challenges and provide solutions.”