2019 Infrastructure Investment Plan Ministry of Finance and Economic Development November 2018 1 2 3 Table of Contents FOREWORD ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 2019 Infrastructure Priority List ............................................................................................................................................................ 11 Improving on Public Investment Management System......................................................................................................................... 14 Balanced Development ............................................................................................................................................................................ 20 ENERGY ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Sector overview ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Electricity Generation ............................................................................................................................................................................. 24 Transmission and Distribution ............................................................................................................................................................... 25 Rural Electrification ............................................................................................................................................................................ 27 WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION ...................................................................................................................................................... 28 Sector Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Dam Projects ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 30 Use of Idle Water Bodies ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Urban WASH ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 33 TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION ................................................................................................................................................. 37 Sector Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Roads ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 38 Rail Transport .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Airports .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Border Posts ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 46 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Sector Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Housing Development .............................................................................................................................................................................. 49 Institutional Housing ............................................................................................................................................................................... 52 INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ........................................................................................................................ 57 Sector Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 57 Zimbabwe Digital Migration Project...................................................................................................................................................... 59 E-Government Programme ..................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Digital Dividend ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 62 AGRICULTURE ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Sector Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 64 Irrigation Rehabilitation & Development .............................................................................................................................................. 65 Control of Animal Diseases ..................................................................................................................................................................... 70 Compensation of Former Farm Owners ................................................................................................................................................ 71 SOCIAL SERVICES ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 72 Sector Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 72 Education .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 72 Health ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 76 MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRESS ..................................................................................................................................................... 78 ANNEXURE I: 2019 FISCAL ROAD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME PROJECTS ........................................................................ 81 ANNEXURE II: 2019 ROAD FUND PROJECTS ...................................................................................................................................... 84 ANNEXURE III: 2019 INTER-GOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS ....................................................................................................... 130 4 FOREWORD Infrastructure development lies at the heart of achieving our objectives under the Transitional Stabilisation Programme. Modern, affordable and reliable infrastructure is a critical component towards addressing the investment climate, reducing the cost of doing business and facilitating the movement of goods, services and people. Provision of enabling infrastructure is key to modernising and boosting productivity in agriculture and other productive sectors, as well as facilitating delivery of social services to the poor. Whilst detailed assessments of infrastructure requirements for each sector are still to be undertaken, our annual Public Infrastructure Investment Budget remains limited to address the huge infrastructure gap, estimated at above US$2 billion annually. Public sector led investments of about US$1 billion since 2017 have positively impacted and translated into substantial construction activity