Bill Watch Parliamentary Committees Series 31-2017

BILL WATCH

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 31/2017

[26th November 2017]

ANOTHER RESCHEDULING OF

Countrywide Public Consultations

on the Electoral Amendment Bill

and the Insolvency Bill

Parliament has made another change to the programme of Public Hearings on the Electoral Amendment Bill and the Insolvency Bill.  The Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs will now be split into two teams to enable it to hold hearings in eleven centres, five more than previously scheduled.  The hearings will now run from Friday 1st December to Thursday 7th December, as shown in the following tables:-

New Programme for Public Consultations

TEAM A

Date

Time

Centre

Venue

Friday 01 December

1000 hrs

Gweru

Midlands Hotel

Saturday 02 December

1030 hrs

Gwanda

Jahunda Hall

Sunday 03 December

1100 hrs

Lupane

Lupane Community Hall

Monday 04 December

1000 hrs

Bulawayo

Bulawayo City Hall

Tuesday 05 December

1000 hrs

Hwange

Edmund Davis Hall

Thursday 07 December

0900 hrs

Harare

New Ambassador Hotel

TEAM B

Date

Time

Centre

Venue

Friday 01 December

1000 hrs

Masvingo

Masvingo Civic Centre

Saturday 02 December

1100 hrs

Marondera

Mbuya Nehanda Hall

Sunday 03 December

1200 hrs

Mount Darwin

Mount Darwin Primary School

Monday 04 December

1200 hrs

Chinhoyi

Cooksey Hall

Tuesday 05 December

1400 hrs

Mutare

Mutare Civic Centre

Thursday 07 December

0900 hrs

Harare

New Ambassador Hotel

 

Attendance

Interested groups, organizations and individuals are invited to the consultations. The contributions made will be considered by the Portfolio Committee and will be part of the committee’s report to be tabled in Parliament.

PLEASE NOTE THAT PERSONS WEARING MILITARY UNIFORMS, SIGNS OF RANKS, FLAGS OR BADGES AND POLITICAL PARTY REGALIA WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS.

Written submissions

Written submissions and correspondence are welcome and should be addressed to:

The Clerk of Parliament

Attention: Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs

and delivered to Parliament at:

Parliament of Zimbabwe

Cnr Kwame Nkrumah Ave and Third Street

Harare

or sent by post to:

P. O. Box CY 298

Causeway

Harare

or sent by email to Email: clerk@parlzim.gov.zw

Queries to

Telephone No. (04) 700181-8 / 252936 – 50, ext. 2153 (N. Khumalo, committee clerk) or ext. 2007 (C. Mpofu—Muvhami, public relations officer.  Fax 252935

Soft copies of the Bills

Both Bills are available from Veritas in soft copy – Insolvency Bill [link] and Electoral Amendment Bill [link].

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