BILL WATCH
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 6/2016
[11th March 2016]
Parliamentary Committee Meetings: 14th to 17th March
The Coming Week’s Open Meetings
Portfolio Committee meetings that will be open to the public are listed below.
Information for members of the public wishing to attend
Members of the public may attend open meetings, but as observers only, not as participants, i.e. they may observe and listen but not speak. The meetings are at Parliament in Harare. If attending, please use the entrance on Kwame Nkrumah Ave between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Please note that IDs must be produced.
The details given below 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 [see above] that the meeting concerned is still on and open to the public. Parliament’s telephone numbers are Harare 700181 and 252940/1.
Monday 14th March at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Transport and Infrastructure Development
Oral evidence from the Permanent Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure Development
Venue: Committee Room No. 1
Chairperson: Hon Nduna
Clerk: Ms Macheza
Public Accounts Committee
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development on the 2014 Accounts
Venue: Committee Room No. 4
Chairperson: Hon Mpariwa
Clerk: Mrs Nyawo
Portfolio Committee: Higher Education, Science and Technology
Portfolio Committee: Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development
Presentation by the Female Students Network Trust on issues affecting female students in institutions of higher learning
Venue: Senate Chamber
Chairpersons: Hon Mataruse and Hon Nyamupinga
Clerks: Mrs Hazvina and Mr Kunzwa
Monday 14th March at 2 pm
Portfolio Committee: Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
Oral evidence from the Civil Service Commission on the working conditions of civil servants
Venue: Committee Room No. 1
Chairperson: Hon Kwaramba
Clerk: Ms Masara
Tuesday 15th March at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Lands, Agriculture Mechanisation and Irrigation
Oral evidence from the Chairperson of the Livestock and Meat Advisory Council and the Chairperson of the Abattoirs Association
Venue: Senate Chamber
Chairperson: Hon Chitindi
Clerk: Mr Chiremba
Portfolio Committee: Local Government, Rural and Urban Development
Oral evidence from the Minister of Rural Development, Preservation and Promotion of National Culture and Heritage on the Ministry’s mandate
Venue: National Assembly Chamber
Chairperson: Hon Zindi
Clerk: Ms Macheza
Wednesday 16th March at 9 am
Joint meeting of Thematic Committee: Human Rights and
Portfolio Committee: Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
Oral evidence from the Permanent Secretary for Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
Venue: Senate Chamber
Chairpersons: Hon Nyambuya and Hon Kwaramba
Clerks: Mr Manhivi and Ms Masara
Thursday 17th March at 9 am
Thematic Committee: Peace and Security
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Home Affairs
Venue: Committee Room No. 4
Chairperson: Hon Mumvuri
Clerk: Mr Kunzwa
Thursday 17th March at 10 am
Thematic Committee: Indigenisation and Empowerment
Oral evidence from the Joint President’s Council for Farmers Union
Venue: Government Caucus Room
Chairperson: Hon Chizema
Clerk: Mrs Mafuruse
Other Committee Activities
Committee activities NOT open to the public include the following
Consideration of petition to bar “revenge pornography”
The Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs will be considering a petition from the Katswe Sisterhood seeking the enactment of a law to bar revenge pornography, to protect individuals from having their nude or sexually explicit pictures or videos published without their consent. Revenge pornography has been defined as the distribution of sexually explicit pictures or videos of an individual without consent mainly done by an ex-lover to seek revenge after a relationship has gone sour.
Note: The “Katswe Sistahood is a movement of dynamic young women fighting for the full attainment of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) by women in Zimbabwe” [quote from their website].
Workshop on Three Ministry of Mines Bills
Parliament, in conjunction with the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, has organised a one-and-a-half day sensitisation workshop on the following Bills from the Ministry—
- Pan-African Minerals University of Science and Technology Bill [gazetted on 22nd January] [available from Veritas]
- Minerals Exploration and Marketing Corporation Bill [gazetted on 8th December 2015] [available from Veritas]
- Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill [not yet gazetted and not available from Veritas]
Those invited to the workshop are—
- chairpersons of all Portfolio Committees
- members of the following Portfolio Committees:
Finance and Economic Development;
Mines and Energy;
Industry and Commerce;
Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment.
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