BILL WATCH
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 16/2019
Open Committee Meetings : Monday 13th to Thursday 16th May
The National Assembly portfolio committee meetings listed below, to be held this week at Parliament in Harare, will be open to the public. [Senate thematic committees will not be holding open meetings.]
Members of the public may attend the meetings – but 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 the committee clerk that the meeting concerned is still on and open to the public. Parliament’s telephone numbers are Harare 2700181 and 2252940/1.
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 at Parliament’s Kwame Nkrumah Avenue entrance in Harare.
Monday 13th May at 10.00 am
Public Accounts Committee
Oral evidence from the Board of the Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (ZINARA) on the 2016 and 2017 Auditor-General’s Reports.
Venue: Committee Room 4.
Monday 13th May at 2.00 pm
Portfolio Committee: Budget, Finance and Economic Development
Oral evidence from the Minister of Finance and Economic Development on the Microfinance Amendment Bill. [The Bill is available on the Veritas website [link].]
Venue: Senate Chamber.
Tuesday 14th May at 10.00 am
Portfolio Committee: Lands, Agriculture, Climate, Water and Rural Resettlement
Oral evidence from the Permanent Secretary for Lands, Agriculture, Climate, Water and Rural Resettlement on the role of the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe in supporting agriculture.
Venue: Senate Chamber.
Wednesday 15th May
No meetings
Thursday 16th May at 10.00 am
Portfolio Committee: Industry and Commerce
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce on the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency Bill. [The Bill is available on the Veritas website [link].]
Venue: Committee Room 1.
Portfolio Committee: Information, Media and Broadcasting Services
Oral evidence from the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation [ZBC] on its operations.
Venue: Senate Chamber.
