About Us
Deputy Minister Hon Marian Chombo (MP).
Minister Hon July MoyoÂ
Permanent Secretary Mr Zvinechimwe ChuruÂ
Overall Functions
- Formulate, regulate and monitor polices that promote sound local governance
- Facilitate devolution
- Formulate, review and implement Spatial Planning and Stateland Management policies
- Manage and coordinate orderly spatial development
- Coordinate disaster mitigation and preparedness planning to promote efficient response and resilience to disasters
- Intiate, promote and implement Urban and Rural Development projects and programmes
- Coordinate Central and Local Government pogrammes and development intiatives
- Promote and facilitate an efficient urban transport management system
- facilitate effective operations of traditional leaders
- Coordinate, administer and manage all disasters
- Manage and account for the National Civil Protection Fund
- Formulate and coordinate policies in Estate Management, valuation services, construction and maintanance of infrustructure
- Plan, implement and supervise the State building and Maintainance Programme
- Provide professional and technical guiadance to the smaller local authorities on building construction and engineering services
- Provide profsesional and techincal guiadance to organisations intending to build facilities at their own expense as ‘gifts to Government’
- Prepare and execute agreements of lease for public facilities in Government complexes such as hotels, hospitals etc
- Develop and implement strategies that ensure rural and urban development in consultation with the relevant Ministries and other stakeholders
- Manage and maintain Government Real Estatae
- Provide office accommodation to Government
- Value land buildings in and outside the country for Government purposes
- Supervise and monitor the work of consultants appointed to undertake works by the Ministry
- Coordinate State Occasions