Speaking
last
week
in
the
National
Assembly,
Mhona
was
addressing
concerns
raised
by
Hwange
East
legislator
Joseph
Bonda
regarding
the
government’s
sluggish
efforts
to
rehabilitate
the
deteriorating
Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria
Falls
Highway.
Said
Bonda:
The
minister
touched
on
almost
all
the
roads,
but
I
want
to
remind
him
that
there
is
this
road
from
Victoria
Falls
to
Beitbridge,
maybe
if
he
had
actually
touched
on
it,
even
if
there
are
some
other
arrangements
that
are
(there).
In
his
response,
Mhona
acknowledged
that
the
question
had
been
raised
previously,
adding
that
the
roads
he
mentioned
were
not
the
only
ones
requiring
attention.
He
said:
My
apologies,
that
route
is
very
important
because
that
accommodates
a
lot
of
international
delegates.We
have
a
very
important
meeting
which
will
be
held
this
year.
I
spoke
focusing
in
this
area
in
Mashonaland
Central
but,
if
I
simply
sit
down
without
mentioning
it,
people
will
say
I
did
not
mention
it.We
go
to
Mukumbura
Border
Post,
that
is
the
same
route
which
leads
us
Mozambique.
If
we
focus
on
Midlands,
or
Chikwalakwala,
or
Gweru,
if
I
mention
any
of
those
areas,
others
will
say
“why
didn’t
you
mention
up
to
the
border
post?”Those
are
some
of
the
roads
that
we
have
in
the
pipeline.
We
have
close
to
760km
from
Beitbridge
to
Bulawayo,
then
from
Bulawayo
to
Victoria
Falls.
Mhona
said
he
was
happy
that
there
is
a
company
which
is
working
on
those
roads.
He
said:
We
mentioned
that
they
are
working
together
with
a
certain
company,
we
agreed
that
the
company
should
concentrate
on
the
worst
affected
areas.(On
the)
760km
stretch,
the
worst
areas
are
Hwange
to
Victoria
Falls,
Lupane
to
Bulawayo.
Those
are
the
areas
which
are
actually
affected.We
have
a
company
which
is
going
to
resume
its
duties
in
repairing
all
those
roads.
Mhona
mentioned
other
roads
that
also
need
to
be
repaired,
an
acknowledgement
that
the
country’s
entire
road
network
is
in
a
sorry
state.
He
said:
All
those
roads
which
are
slightly
damaged,
they
(the
company)
will
simply
repair
them.
Our
aim
is
to
expand
the
whole
road
from
Bulawayo
to
Victoria
Falls.We
are
(also)
going
to
start
from
Kwekwe,
going
to
Lupane,
Silobela,
Lupane,
Nkayi
and
so
on.
Those
are
some
of
the
big
roads
which
people
are
worried
about.Do
not
despair,
I
might
have
omitted
some
names
of
places.
Other
people
from
Mashonaland
West
might
(want
the)
Binga-Cross
Dete
(road
fixed),
then
we
link
it
with
the
route
to
Bulawayo.
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