Gwesela West

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See also: List of wards of Zimbabwe § Kwekwe District

Coordinates: 18°34′41″S 29°26′19″E / 18.57805°S 29.43855°E / -18.57805; 29.43855

Gwesela West is ward number 9 of the 33 wards in Zibagwe Rural District Council of Kwekwe District. Its center is at Senkwasi Irrigation Scheme 14.5 km north east of Zhombe Joel ( Zhombe Joel is along the Kwekwe Gokwe Road) and 14.5 km south of Columbina Rural Service Center (Columbina-Empress is along the Kadoma-Gokwe Road).

Kwekwe is 55.5 km south-east and Kadoma 67 km north-east. (by air)

Background[]

The ward gets its name from Chief Gwesela who is the traditional leader of this ward, parts of Empress Mine Ward and Zhombe Central Ward.

Municipality[]

The Zibagwe Rural District Council runs the ward and at present the ward is represented by a female councillor, on a ZANU-PF ticket.

Public Service[]

The center (Senkwasi Hall) is one of the 46 polling stations in this Zombe Constituency set by ZEC, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.[1] The other polling stations in this ward are

  • #14 Bhamala Primary School (there are 2 polling stations at Bhamala. The other one is a tent pitched opposite the school for Empress Mine Ward voters),
  • #18 St Faith Primary School,
  • #19 Sengezi Primary School and
  • #21 .

The current ((2013-2018)) Member of Parliament for Zombe Constituency Hon. Daniel Mackenzie Ncube comes from this ward.

Business Centers[]

  • St Faith (Manzamunyama) koMatatu
  • Senkwasi St Pauls kwaGawu
  • Senkwasi koNjaku

Schools[]

Primary School

  • St Faith Primary School (Manzimunyama) established in 1964
  • Sengezi Primary School established in 1965
  • established in 1961[2]

Secondary School

  • (Manzimunyama) established in 1982[3]
  • Sengezi Secondary School established in 2005 (?)

Agricultural Services[]

The larger irrigation scheme is Ngondoma Irrigation Scheme 18 km north, in Mabura Ward.[4]

Health Center[]

  • Senkwasi Clinic, about 800 metres south west from Senkwasi Hall is manned by 1 nurse, and has 8 general beds.

The clinic serves people from parts of wards 8 and 10 and almost the whole of Gwesela West.[5]

Senkwasi (Sengwazi) clinic is the 1336th of the 1390 health centers in Zimbabwe and the 16th of the 46 in Kwekwe District according to 2004 statistics.[6]

Neighbouring Wards[]

  • Mabura Ward 6 to the north.
  • Empress Mine Ward 8 to the east and north east.
  • Zhombe Central Ward 10 to the south and south west.
  • Ward 12 to the west and south west.

This ward includes areas like Champeni, Fafi and Vulamachena.

Animal Health Services[]

  • Senkwasi Veterinary Station at Senkwasi Irrigation Scheme Compound.
  • Bhuma-Bhamala Dip Tank near Bhamala Primary School.
  • Sengezi Dip Tank near Sengezi Primary School
  • Manzamunyama Dip Tank near

References[]

  1. ^ The Independent | 18 March 2005 | Parliamentary Elections 2005 | Midlands Province | Zhombe Constituency | Polling station 20 : Senkwasi Irrigation Hall kubatana.net | Retrieved 8 January 2016
  2. ^ Parlzim Zhombe Constituency 2006. pp11. Diagram1. Ward 9. Schools Appendex Yumpu.com | Retrieved 8 January 2016
  3. ^ Parlzim Zhombe Constituency 2006. pp11. Diagram1. Ward 9. Schools Appendex Yumpu.com | Retrieved 8 January 2016
  4. ^ Parlzim Hansard (Roger Tazviona | Topic: Agriculture) 22 March 2012 Vol: 38 No: 3 "The constituency has two irrigation schemes namely Ngondoma and Senkwasi" Parlzim | Hansard |Vol: 38 No: 3 (2012) | Retrieved 7 January 2016
  5. ^ Parlzim Zhombe Constituency ward 9 profile (Health Facilities) Yumpu.com | Retrieved 8 January 2016
  6. ^ mozfest2014 Provincial and district hospitals #1336 16 Github | ipython | Retrieved 8 January 2016
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