Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has revealed that President Paul Kagame of Rwanda helped Zimbabwe secure US$800 million in funding for its rural electrification programme.
The programme is aimed to transform the livelihoods of the rural population in the Southern African country.
“We have a programme which is coming at the end of this month. President Kagame of Rwanda is visiting us for this occasion,” the Zimbabwean President told a bumper crowd at the Zanu PF Thank you rally.
“This is after I spoke to him to say, fellow brother, our country Zimbabwe is under sanctions but we have a programme to ensure everyone has access to electricity wherever they are. President Kagame then spoke to his friends and he secured US$800 million. So that’s the facility he is coming to launch.”
Mnangagwa said, very soon, every Zimbabwean will have electricity regardless of where they are.
“If you go to Rwanda and see what President Kagame has done in the villages, it is well organised. Over there (in Rwanda) they work in unity with government assistance. That way, there is no family is left behind because every household is assisted out of poverty.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoma
