WARD 24 residents in Bulawayo and other councillors on Saturday gathered at Nketa Hall to celebrate the victory of councilor Gideon Mangena.
LINDA CHINOBVA OWN CORRESPONDENT
Mangena is serving a second term as Ward 24 councillor after being re-elected in the 2013 elections.
Speaking at the event, Mangena said there was need for the celebration as his re-election highlighted the faith and trust that residents had in him.
“There was need for the celebration as a ward because this is my second term in office and it is because of the residents who have revealed to me that they look up to me,” he said.
“I had initially opted to step down and went to the extent of hosting a farewell party with the residents, but they still voted for me and that is why I want us to celebrate my victory.”
Mangena said in the few months in office for his second term, he had managed to cultivate money-generating projects in a bid to financially empower orphans and the elderly in the ward.
“In the few months that I have been in office for the second term, I have managed to facilitate money-generating projects that are aimed at financially empowering the elderly and orphans within the community who have no source of income,” he said.
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“As it is, we have an agriculture project where we grow crops and vegetables for sale. The elderly and orphans are at the forefront of the project and so far it has been helping them sustain their livelihoods by providing school fees for the orphans.”
Mangena said he was also working closely with the police in curbing crime within the ward.
He said he had held several discussions with the police on how best they could minimise if not eliminate crime and as a result of the co-operation there had been a decrease in the number of crimes reported in the area.
Mangena said he had managed to facilitate workshops that addressed domestic violence and behavioural change. “I have also managed to facilitate anti-domestic violence and behaviour change workshops in the ward after realising that there were a lot of domestic violence cases being reported and that the youths in the area were engaging in immoral activities,” he said.
“It is through these workshops where residents were highlighting the causes of these dysfunctions in society and as a whole we came up with different measures to address the issues.”
Mangena promised the residents that he would facilitate change within the ward and try to fully restore order and peace within the ward.
