By Meditation Mposi
Ward 8 Zaka Central Councillor Tererai Tererai and former ward 13 Councilor Manfred Mada who is also Zanu PF Zaka District Coordinating Committee (DCC) member recently donated 150kg rice and a jojo tank to Zaka Satellite Prison.
Tererai said they visited Zaka prison on August 23 during the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service Open Week.
“On August 23 it was the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service Open Week, we visited inmates at Zaka Prisons and we spent the whole day with them.
“Usually prisoners are afraid to come back to the society fearing that the society may not integrate them but we comforted and assured them that there was life after jail sentencing and the community is ready to accept them when they get back,” said Tererai.
Tererai said they had a great day interacting with the inmates and they donated some rice and a jojo tank.
“We had a great day interacting with the inmates. We also donated 150kg rice and 5000 litres jojo tank to cater for their day to day needs. The Jojo tank will help to supply water in their garden,” said Tererai.
Mada said they donated hampers to the prisoners to complement the efforts of the government.
“It was a national family week where everyone is allowed to meet prisoners and spend time with them and we decided to spend some time with the prisoners at Zaka Prison and gave them some food staffs.
“Prisons are flooded with prisoners due to the rise of crime rates making it difficult for the government to provide for them, by doing this we were complementing the efforts of the government in feeding prisoners,” said Mada.
