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Rural Electrification Programme Today I Was

 

FACT SHEETS: 

 

The following fact sheets provide detailed information about the institution of the Parliament of Zimbabwe and current policy issues

 

 

• National Rural Electrification Programme In Zimbabwe

 

 

This fact sheet shows the progress made so far, by the Rural Electrification Agency in electrifying, 3 of its major sectors, namely, education, health and business centres.  The information is based on Parliament’s informatics database and that obtained from the report of completed projects compiled by the Rural Electrification Agency.

 

 

Rural Electrification

 

The rural electrification programme was initiated in 2002 following the enactment of the Rural Electrification Fund Act (2002).  The major thrust of the Rural Electrification Fund is to ensure that there is equitable distribution of resources in the electrification of the rural areas in Zimbabwe.  It is hoped that by electrifying the rural areas, development will be accelerated.  Some of the projects that are anticipated to bring development in the rural areas include irrigation schemes and a number them have been electrified in different provinces.  Some of the sectors that have been electrified under this programme include, schools, health centres, business centres, government offices, villages, chiefs’ homesteads, small-scale farms and mines.

 

There are a number of works in progress, which are at a standstill due to financial constraints.  The major source of revenue of the Agency comes from a 6% levy that is charged on electricity consumers.  The Agency did not receive adequate funding from the national fiscus, hence it is unable to meet all its obligations.   The Agency also needs US$33 million to buy equipment and activate phase II of the programme, which is still to be implemented. None of the provinces have reached a 50% mark in terms of electrification of the major sectors.

 

The tables below show statistics per province and in 48 constituencies.  The information is based on the data that is available and data on some constituencies is still being compiled. Provincial Profile

 

Province	Primary Schools			Secondary Schools			Health Centres			Business Centres
	Actual	Electrified	%	Actual	Electrified	%	Actual	Electrified	%	Actual	Electrified	%
Manicaland	779	226	29	242	137	56	242	90	56	420	172	40
Mashonaland Central	442	170	38	167	97	58	167	76	55	188	114	60
Mashonaland East	591	137	23	245	89	36	245	36	18	202	85	42
Mashonald West	609	274	44	254	93	36	254	33	21	191	58	30
Masvingo	707	148	20	259	120	46	259	72	37	301	136	45
Matebeleland North	449	108	24	107	53	49	107	34	33	196	65	33
Matebeleland South	471	118	25	103	58	56	103	38	36	269	84	31
Midlands	647	107	16	249	68	27	249	37	17	176	76	43

 

 

Province	Total % Electrified
Manicaland	39%
Mashonaland Central	49%
Mashonald East	28%
Mashonaland West	37%
Masvingo	32%
Matebeleland North	30%
Matebeleland South	31%
Midlands	22%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSTITUENCY PROFILES

 

 

 

Matebeleland North

 

 

Province	Primary Schools		Secondary Schools		Health Centres		Business Centres
	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified
Binga	56	11	10	5	16	5	19	7
Bubi-Umguza	83	17	19	15	16	7	17	4
Hwange East	51	17	10	9	21	7	18	18
Hwange West	8	1	5	0	1	0	1	1
Lupane	95	20	20	6	13	4	22	17
Nkayi	77	19	21	9	15	7	67	13
Tsholotsho	79	22	22	8	16	5	72	12

 

 

 

Mashonaland West

 

Constituency	Primary Schools		Secondary Schools		Health Centres		Business Centres
	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified
Chegutu	58	13	17	3	9	0	17	4
Hurungwe East	37	9	23	7	9	0	5	2
Hurungwe West	76	39	32	15	8	3	13	8
Kariba	26	9	13	1	8	4	18	4
Makonde	68	33	28	4	20	5	24	14
Manyame	31	6	6	0	2	0	3	0
Mhondoro	40	16	24	8	8	4	41	6
Ngezi	44	8	19	5	14	1	5	1
Sanyathi	56	13	17	1	13	1	2	0
Zvimba North	39	20	14	6	13	10	5	1
Zvimba South	35	23	20	11	0	6	26	2

 

 

Mashonaland Central

 

Constituency	Primary Schools		Secondary Schools		Health Centres		Business Centres
	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified
Bindura	45	14	17	7	12	5	30	10
Guruve North	42	11	15	4	19	6	14	4
Guruve South	41	15	19	11	8	5	18	3
Mazowe East	36	20	19	16	16	11	11	7
Mazowe West	52	19	12	4	19	5	3	0
Mt Darwin North	34	17	11	8	7	5	40	12
Mt Darwin South	40	14	14	9	7	6	19	8
Muzarabani	55	11	18	5	9	7	28	7
Rushinga	52	12	19	7	13	5	9	9
Shamva	40	18	20	12	22	10	15	7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matebeleland South

 

Constituency	Primary Schools		Secondary Schools		Health Centres		Business Centres
	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified
Beitbridge	55	17	12	8	20	7	33	13
Bulilima	59	3	12	2	11	2	14	2
Gwanda	91	26	26	11	23	8	87	17
Insiza	78	23	18	11	14	4	72	12
Mangwe	46	12	15	7	9	5	12	2
Matobo	72	13	20	9	13	4	45	15
Umzingwane	38	12	14	4	15	2	5	1

 

 

 

Masvingo Province

 

Constituency	Primary Schools		Secondary Schools		Health Centres		Business Centres
	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified	Actual	Electrified
Bikita East	41	1	13	3	12	5	8	4
Bikita West	45	11	17	8	11	4	5	4
Chiredzi North	13	1	10	1	10	0	12	1
Chiredzi South	41	4	11	5	22	2	34	5
Chivi North	47	6	17	11	9	4	16	9
Chivi South	42	7	15	8	6	3	19	5
Gutu North	76	21	26	11	15	6	38	13
Gutu South	71	13	28	8	10	4	36	6
Masvingo North	57	14	20	7	16	5	31	4
Masvingo South	43	1	11	1	8	4	29	2
Mwenezi	110	13	40	11	18	9	43	7
Zaka East	40	9	13	4	8	2	-	-
Zaka West	52	13	23	10	13	4	-	-

 

Mashonaland Central has the highest number of infrastructure that has been electrified and Midlands has the lowest number.