GOVERNMENT has turned a plush farmhouse at Hilton Farm, Murehwa South constituency, into a clinic to ease the shortage of medical facilities in the area.
The farmhouse which stands out in a hilly area has been unoccupied for years.
Hilton Farm, near Barrymore and Virginia area was subdivided into 53 plots during the land reform programme in the early 2000s.
Thousands of resettled farmers and villagers from surrounding areas are travelling more than 20km to the nearest clinic at Virginia or Waterloo.
According to a letter dated March 21, 2024, addressed to the Lands ministry signed by Murehwa Rural District Council chief executive officer Alois Gurajena, the local authority sought government approval to turn the farmhouse into a clinic.
Addressing scores of people during the launch of Zunde RaMambo programme at Hilton Farm recently, a representative from Murehwa district development co-ordinator’s office said government had given the nod to turn the farmhouse into a clinic.
“We engaged the Lands ministry over the change of use of the farmhouse and I can tell you that the government has agreed that this building be turned into a clinic. We are now moving to fulfil that,” said the representative.
Addressing the same gathering, Zanu PF Murewa district co-ordinating committee chairperson, Israel Maliki, hailed the government for the move.
"We are happy with this move, the government has approved turning this farmhouse into a clinic, we accept that,” Maliki said.
Some of the farms and villages to benefit from the newly-established clinic include Chilinda, Glenwaves, Pagomba, Langjam Konine, Dontlestone, Kasipiti and River Baller, among many others.
