Zim Government’s Five Main priorities for 2010
By Ronny Zikhali

Zimbabwe’s coalition government is moving from the emergency mode to re-focusing on the country’s growth both economic and socially, a Cabinet Minister has said.
The Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Gorden Moyo, said this in a recent interview.
He said the Inclusive Government formed last year, would concentrate on five working programmes centered on a wide range of integral issues, this year.
Minister Moyo said the Short Term Emergency Recovery Project (STERP), like any other programme which has time frames ended on 31 December last year and Government had shifted attention from emergency to refocus on the country’s growth both economically and socially.
With that in mind, five diverse issues are now the leadership’s main concern.
The first priority was the continuation of building economic growth as production and distribution of wealth was a key factor in a country’s growth.
“We have moved away from the emergency call and the Government is working towards establishing the country’s economic growth,” said Minister Moyo.
The second resolution was the restoration and provision of basic social services and infrastructure.
Minister Moyo said there should be notable enhancement in social services and development of infrastructure.
“Government has set to increase capacity in the social service sectors such as education. It is one of Government’s pull through policies with the community in mind so that it is protected and catered for,” he said.
Minister Moyo said the third priority was raising to a higher level the respect of rule in the country.
“This year, modern as we are people in all circles should respect the rule of law. This also includes respecting property rights and ensuring the security of people,” he said.
The Minister said fourth on the agenda was democratisation and furthering the “democratisation agenda” where masses have some control of policy by participating in the country’s programmes, a move that would reflect that their opinions are valued.
“This is where issues such as the constitution, national healing fall under. These criteria have the Government’s attention and backing.
“The national healing mission is central to other tasks like constitutional reform, the democratisation agenda, restoration of the economy and humanitarian intervention,’’ he said.
The Ministry of Constitutional Affairs has developed an outreach programme meant to ensure that the whole nation participates in the constitution making process.
The team’s consultation process will begin on 12 January this year.
Minister Moyo said the fifth resolution was highlighting the importance of establishing diplomatic international relations.
He said as a country, it was important to establish ambassadorial interaction with other nations.
“2010 is a year of activity especially in the SADC sub region because of the World Cup Soccer Tournament to be hosted by neighbouring South Africa. It is a chance for us to have a vibrant economy, democracy and good relations to attract the rest of the world,” said Minister Moyo.