In support of Zimbabwean President ED Munangagwa’s vision for Zimbabwe to be an upper middle-income economy by 2030, on Saturday 18 May 2019 Zimbabwean UK based youths launched an initiative aimed at encouraging Diaspora based Zimbabweans to partake in making vision 2030 a reality.
This initiative launched at the Zimbabwean Heritage Day event in Dunstable, is set to be the first of what is envisioned to be a country wide tour across the United Kingdom to promote vision 2030. Articulation of what vision 2030 is and how diaspora-based Zimbabweans and the foreign society at large can participate in the making of vision 2030 is at the heart of the publicity campaign.
The Pioneering youths Kudzai Makuku, Kudzaishe Chipadza, Takudzwa Chidarikire and Fungai Mudoma lead by Salome Eric believe that Zimbabwe is a sleeping giant, which once awakened vision 2030 will be not a vision but a reality, hence, embarking on this publicity initiative. Despite the Pioneers being members of ZANU PF UK & EU Youth League, they are focused on elevated economics ahead of politics to ensure that by 2030 Zimbabwe would emerge as an upper middle-income economy with high quality life for its citizens.
All Zimbabweans despite political views are urged to do all they can to ensure that Vision 2030 is achieved. Dr Misheck Sibanda in October 2018 described “the key goals of Vision 2030 are as follows:
• Transform Zimbabwe into an upper middle-income economy with a capita gross income of between US$3 500 and US$5 000 in real terms;
• To raise employment rates upwards, not only in the formal sector, but also covering the SME sector;
• To progressively reduce poverty rate, to levels, consistent with upper middle income economies;
• To achieve an average life expectancy of over 65 years, and in the process, score in the upper echelons of the happiness and prosperity index;
• To guarantee national food security, affordable, competitive and accessible education and health services, and infrastructural development;
• To rationalise the public service wage bill in order to reduce the fiscal deficit to sustainable levels and to undertake reforms to unlock the potential of public enterprises to effectively contribute to the country’s GDP.”
Mr Kudzai Makuku, one of the Pioneers said it was now time for the youth to take lead in embracing Vision 2030. He said, “Zimbabwe can only be rebuilt by Zimbabweans, as such we the youth of Zimbabwe, despite our political affiliations we need to come together and spear head the implementation of innovate initiatives that deliver what Vision 2030 stipulates. We opened doors and showcased that as a youth we have a voice and need to use it at our resoundingly successful debut of the Visio 2030 publicity campaign in Dunstable, UK”
It is a breath of fresh air to see the youth putting aside political divides and focusing on the development of Zimbabwe which ultimately will lead to the betterment of livelihoods of the nation.
Finishing off he said it’s time for ACTION ACTION ACTION
IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION!
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