BILL WATCH
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 8/2018
5th March 2018
Open Committee Meetings Tuesday 6th to Thursday 8th March
The committee meetings listed below, to be held at Parliament in Harare, will be open to the public. Members of the public may attend the meetings as observers only, not as participants, i.e. they may observe and listen but not speak. If attending, please use the entrance to Parliament on Kwame Nkrumah Ave between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Please note that IDs must be produced.
The details given in this bulletin are based on the latest information from Parliament. But, as there are sometimes last-minute changes to the meetings schedule, persons wishing to attend should avoid disappointment by checking with Parliament that the meeting concerned is still on and open to the public. Parliament’s telephone numbers are Harare 700181 and 252940/1.
Reminder: Members of the public, including Zimbabweans in the Diaspora, can at any time send written submissions to Parliamentary committees by email addressed to clerk@parlzim.gov.zw or by letter posted to the Clerk of Parliament, P.O. Box 298, Causeway, Harare or delivered to Parliament’s Kwame Nkrumah Avenue entrance in Harare.
Tuesday 6th March at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Lands, Agriculture and Resettlement
Oral evidence on funding mechanisms of Command Agriculture from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development and the Governor of the Reserve Bank
Venue: Senate Chamber
Chairperson: Hon Wadyajena
Committee Clerk: Mrs Hazvina
Thematic Committee: SDGs
Oral evidence from Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Resettlement on SDG No. 2 [End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture]
Venue: Committee Room 413
Wednesday 7th March at 9 am
Thematic Committee: Human Rights
Oral evidence from the National Disability Board and the National Association of Societies for the Care of the Handicapped on challenges faced by persons living with disabilities
Venue: Committee Room 4
Thursday 8th March at 9 am
Thematic Committee: Peace and Security
Oral evidence from Zimbabwe Elections Support Network [ZESN] and the Elections Resource Centre [ERC] on the preparedness of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission [ZEC] for the 2018 elections
Venue: Committee Room 4
Thursday 8th March at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Media, Information and Communication Technology and Cyber Security
Oral evidence from ZEC on media reporting during elections
Venue: Committee Room 3
Chairperson: Hon Dhewa
Committee Clerk: Mr Chiremba
[No meetings are scheduled for Friday 9th March]