2.8.6. Mashonaland West
A total of 509 meetings were held in the Province, with 121, 647 people attending
meetings. There were problems in the first few meetings as some political players
were threatening would be participants to the meetings. However, the Select
Committee members supervising the province quickly addressed the issues and
subsequent meetings were held in a peaceful manner throughout the Province.
The outreach team members faced a lot of challenges ranging from being locked out
of Hotels and Lodges to delays in the availability of fuel as well as inadequate
resources for meals. The state of roads in some of the Districts caused problems in
covering all relevant areas. There were two cases of accidents during outreach in the
province but there were no serious injuries.
Outreach in the Province was overseen by Hon. Walter Chidakwa and Hon. Editor
Matamisa and were assisted by Mr. Christopher Shumba, the Provincial Coordinator
together with six District Coordinators from the six Districts in the province. The
outcomes of the meetings in the province are clearly indicated in the National and
Provincial Statistical reports as annexures to this report.
2.8.7. Masvingo
The outreach consultation process started on the 24th of June 2010 and ended on the
28th of September 2010.
The outreach was conducted in 234 Wards in the seven Districts of the Province. All
in all, 622 meetings were conducted throughout the province. The process was
conducted in a peaceful and participatory atmosphere in the whole of the Province.
A total of 184 208 people took part in the consultation process with very high
attendances in most meetings.
The process was, however, marred by accommodation problems with team members
moving in and out of Regency Group of hotels due to either non-payment or booking
from other customers. Late delivery of fuel to teams also affected the times that
meetings would actually commence.
Hon. Senator Chief Fortune Charumbira and Hon. Senator Rorana Muchihwa
supervised the process in the province. They were assisted by the Provincial
Coordinator Mr F. A. Chikovo and seven district Coordinators based in the seven
Districts of the Province. The outcomes of the meetings are clearly indicated in the
National and Provincial Statistical reports as annexures to this report.
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