Constituency Profile FOR BUDIRIRO CONSTITUENCY 2005

Constituency Profile
FOR
BUDIRIRO CONSTITUENCY
2005
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BIDIRIRO CONSTITUENCY
INTRODUCTION
Budiriro Constituency is found in the western suburbs which are predominantly
High density area. It mainly borders with constituencies such as Mufakose and
Glen view. The constituency has 49 919 registered voters out of a population of
about 129 280 people and the registered people are 39% of the total population.
Most of the residents are found in Ward 33 with 36%, followed by Ward 43 with
34%. The least number of people are found in Ward 32 with 30%. The
population is almost evenly distributed in all the three wards see Chart 1 below.
Chart 1 Budiriro Constituency Population Distribution by Wards
34%
30%
32
33
43
36%
The pie chart the even distribution of population across the three wards, more
details are shown in Table 1 below.
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Table 1 Budiriro Constituency Population Details
Ward Males females Total
House
hold
Average
32 19,505 19,504 39,009 9,950 3.9
33 23,216 23,318 46,534 11,993 3.9
43 21,608 22,129 43,737 10,986 4.0
Total 64,329 64,951 129,280 32,929 3.9
Table 1 shows that the distribution of population by gender is evenly balanced
though males are fewer than the females. There are 49.8% males and 50.2% are
females thus females are 0.2% more than males. The average house hold size
is 3.9 which is equal to the Harare average.
DATA ANALYSIS
Ward Primary Secondary Health Business NGOs Projects Councillor
schools schools facilities Centres
32 2 0 5 -
33 3 1 1 7 - - -
43 2 0 0 2 - - -
The table above shows infrastructural distribution by ward
NAMES OF WARDS
BUDIRIRO constituency is made up of three wards namely wards 32, 33 and 43.
The constituency has two male councillors and one female councillor. The
constituency has a total of 7 primary schools, 2 secondary schools, and 6 health
facilities, 5-business centres ranging from well-established retail supermarkets to
ordinary tuck shops. The constituency has four registered NGOs that are
operational and these are HELP-Zimbabwe, Mashambanzou, SOS and Child
Protection Society. There are no projects that are operational in this
constituency.
Ward 32
The ward provides shelter to a population of 39 009.
Education: There are two primary schools in the ward are Glenview No. 4 and
Glen View No. 6. The schools were established in 1982, and 1986 respectively.
All the three primary schools experience hot seating. The schools have
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enrolments of 1022, and 1856 pupils respectively. There are no secondary
schools in the ward
Health Facilities:
There are 5 health facilities in ward 32. These are the council owned Glen View
satellite clinic, and 8 private surgeries with four prominent ones owned by the
following doctors; Magumise, Shah, Mupfurira and Duri. The health facilities are
crucial in the health delivery system in the surrounding community.
Business Centres:
There are 1 business centres in ward 32, with four prominent retail outlets such
as Batanai, Mutomba, Hamamaoko and Mataure. The business centre is mostly
characterised by retail shops and vending areas. There is also a garage and
overnight car park at the business centre.
Ward 33
Ward 33 has a population of 46 534 people.
Education: The three primary schools in this ward are Budiriro No. 1, Budiriro
No.2 and Budiriro No.3. The two schools Budiriro No.1 and 2 were established in
1989, While Budiriro No.3 was established in 1994. The schools have got total
enrolments of 1782, 1581 and 2526 respectively. Budiriro No. 1 and 2 each have
a teaching establishment of 42 each and Budiriro No.3 has 57 teachers. The bulk
of the teachers are females see Chart 2 below.
Chart 2 Proportions of Teachers by Gender for Budiriro Constituency Ward 33 Primary Schools
Percentage
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Budiriro No.1 Budiriro No.2 Budiriro No.3
Schools
Females
Males
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Chart 2 shows that the bulk of primary school teachers are females. The highest
proportion of male teachers is at Budiriro No. 2 Primary School with 30% the
least are found at Budiriro No.3 with 10%. Budiriro No1 and No.2 schools have
hot seating (Double Sessions). The ward has one secondary school at its
disposal Budiriro High with an enrolment of 1501 with 805 girls and 696 boys.
The teaching compliment at the school is as follows, 23 male teachers versus 44
female teachers making a total of 67 teachers.
Health Facilities:
Ward 33 is home to Budiriro Polyclinic. The polyclinic offers maternity facilities
and has 30 maternity beds, no general beds and is manned by 28 nurses. There
are also several privately owned surgeries in the ward such as Masunda,
Madecare, Batsiranai and Chudry. The presence of the surgeries affords the
residence accessible specialist health care to the residence of this ward.
Business Centres: The ward has 1 business centres called the Budirio 1
Shopping Centre which is characterised by retail shops and supermarkets, just
like any other in the constituency. Due to the urban setting of this ward a number
of business set-ups exist and these include hair saloons, car repairs, beer outlets
(bottle stores and beer halls), and other informal sector enterprises.
Ward 43
The ward has a total population of 43 737.
Education: There are 2 primary schools in the ward, Budiriro No.4 and Budiriro
No.5 and these were established in 2001. The primary schools have enrolments
of 1294 and 1461 pupils respectively. The two schools have 32 teachers each
but there are more females than males see Chart 3 below.
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Chart 3 Proportion of Primary School Teachers in Budiriro Constituencies ward 43
35
30
25
Teachers
20
15
10
5
Females
Males
0
Budiriro No.4
School
Budiriro No.5
Health Facilities:
There are three health centres offering health facilities in ward 43. These are all
privately owned facilities known as starlight, Mutetwa and Mashaire surgeries..
Business Centres:
There is 3 business centre in ward known as Currency Shopping Centre,Budiriro
4 Shops and Budiriro 5 OK. The Centres has most infrastructures that
characterise most urban such as retail shops and supermarkets, hair saloons,
car repairs, beer outlets (bottle stores and beer halls), and other informal sector
enterprises.
The Recommendations
There is need for: -
‣ Various service delivery systems to be improved; in fact, an overhaul of
the whole service delivery system with regards to water supply, sewer
system, refuse collection and electricity supply is imperative.
‣ Given the abundance of informal sector business adventures in the
constituency, the Ministry of Gender, Youth and Employment Creation
needs to beef up these enterprises so that they can become more viable
as currently there is no evidence of the ministry’s activities in the
constituency.
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Appendix
Diagram 1 below indicates the location of schools, the grade/status of each
school, enrolment by sex, and number of teachers at each school, ownership,
and hot seating. This information is by Ward.
Diagram 1
Ward Name of School Level/Status Boys Girls Year Est. Hot
seating
32 Glen View No.4 Primary 935 987 1982 Y
Glen View No.6 Primary 892 964 1986 Y
Teachers
44
48
33 Budiriro No.1
Budiriro No.2
Budiriro No.3
Budiriro High
Primary
Primary
Primary
Secondary
860
796
1176
696
922
785
1350
805
1989
1989
1994
Y
Y
42
42
57
67
43 Budiriro No.4
Budiriro No.5
Primary
Primary
666
729
628
734
2001
2001
Y
Y
29
31
Diagram 2 - Schools by Ownership
Diagram 2
Primary Secondary College
Government - - -
Council 7 1 -
Mission - - -
Private - - -
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