Zhombe is a constituency in the House of Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe.
Contents
- Current Member of Parliament
- About this Member of Parliament
- 2008 March 29 Parliamentary
- 2005 March 31 Parliamentary
- 1995 April 89 Parliamentary
- References
It is in Kwekwe District of the Midlands Province.
Current Member of Parliament
Hon. Eng. Daniel Mackenzie Ncube
About this Member of Parliament
He completed higher primary education, Standard (VI) Six at St Martin de Pores, Zhombe Mission in Zhombe, before attending St Ignatius College for High School. He hold a Diploma in Arbitration and Civil Engineering, a BSc Honours in Civil Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe and MBL (UNISA) .
He was Member of Parliament for Zhombe constituency for two terms 2000-2005 and 2005-2008. In the House of Assembly he has been Chairperson for the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land and Water Development. In the recent 2013 elections he was reelected as a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly for Zhombe constituency. The 2008-2013 term had been taken by MDC-T He is a Member of Central Committee in the ZANU-PF. He is Vice-Chairman in the Midlands Province of ZANU-PF.
In private life he is a Civil Engineer, farmer and Claims expert. He also is former Chairman of the Zimbabwe Water Authority and a former Vice Chairman of the Engineering Council of Zimbabwe.
2008 March 29 - Parliamentary
Parliamentary Election 2008: Zhombe
Voter turnout 40.55%
Hon Roger Tazviona of Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai won the Zhombe Constituency seat.
For a summary of the 29 March 2008 Zimbabwe House of Assembly election see House of Assembly here
2005 March 31 -Parliamentary
At the time of election in 2005, there was a toal of 44851 registered voters in Zhombe Parliamentary Constituency. 54% voted, and of 24050 ballots cast, MDC polled 8579 and Zanu-PF polled 14750, while 721 were spoilt ballots.
1995 April 8–9 - Parliamentary
William Hwelette ZANU-PF
This was the first election to be boycotted by some minority political parties in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. However 55 of the 120 seats were not contested and ZANU-PF was the only party that fielded candidates in all the remaining 65 constituencies. ZANU- Ndonga won 2 seats letting ZANU-PF collect 118 over 120 seats. Margaret Dongo, a renegade from ZANU-PF contested her defeat in a court of law and a by-election gave her the seat. At the end of the day ZANU-PF had 117 seats, ZANU-NDONGA 2 and Margaret Dongo 1.