Mberengwa Rural District Council COE

Date: November 15, 2019

Fact file
Country	Zimbabwe
Province/Region	Midlands
Baseline score	63
Post-2015 score
Population	186,164
Number of women councillors	5
Number of men councillors	32
Joined the COE programme	2019
Anchored Entrepreneurship Programme	No
Summit

Mberengwa Rural District Council is the rural district local authority over Mberengwa District. It is one of the 8 rural district councils in the Midlands Province. Mberengwa Rural District Council is the sole local government organ in Mberengwa District unlike Vungu Rural District Council, Zibagwe Rural District Council, Tongogara Rural District Council, Runde Rural District Council and Gokwe South Rural District Council that work together with urban councils in their respective districts. Mberengwa District is all rural.

Mberengwa RDC is a spoke council in the hub and spoke programme for gender mainstreaming in local government. It is mentored by Zibagwe RDC.

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