Byo councillor implores residents to join electricity project

By VIMBAINASHE MATUMBA

COWDRY PARK councillor Nkosinathi Hove Mpofu recently donated R1 000 in cash and reflectors for the neighbourhood watch committee towards an electrification project founded by residents in his ward.

Mpofu was the guest at the first meeting by the residents for the electricity installation programme that was held at Chakwana Grounds in Bulawayo.

“Through this small gesture we are encouraging other residents to take part in this electrification programme,” he said.

Residents said they founded the programme after failing to get any help to develop the infrastructure needed and had consulted ZESA on the way forward.

Cowdray Park segment 12 A committee chairperson Misheck Mathe said the programme was founded by residents after they had witnessed its successful implementation in other areas.

“We have seen that we can never develop if we do not make a move.

“The programme is going on with three phases that include the installation of electrical poles and the wires, the second phase will be of the electrical metals and the last phase will be of installing the transformers according to the mapping and numbers of the houses in the programme,” Mathe said.

He added that 315 residents were part of the programme and each member was required to pay US$176 for the electrical pole and wires with the figure going down as more members.

Cowdry Park was established in 2002 and faces many service delivery challenges including poor road servicing and potable water supply.