BILL WATCH
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 22/2018
[20th October 2018]
Open Committee Meetings Monday 22nd to Thursday 25th October
Although both the Senate and the National Assembly are have not sat since Thursday 11th October and will only resume sitting on Tuesday 30th October, MPs were not relieved from Parliamentary duties for the same period. Most of the Senate’s Thematic Committees and the National Assembly’s Portfolio Committees held their inaugural meetings during last week, starting on 15th October; these meetings were to consider their work plans and were not open to the public.
Countrywide public consultations on 2019 Budget As already set out in detail in our Parliamentary Committee Series bulletins 20 and 21/2018 of 18th and 19th October, public consultations on next year’s Budget will be conducted at various centres all around the country from 22nd to 26th October, by the Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Care and, jointly, by the Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Economic Development and the Thematic Committee on Sustainable Development Goals.
This bulletin covers meetings open to the public starting on Monday 22nd October. Two important Portfolio Committees will be holding closed meetings – Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development [to formulate its work plan] and Lands, Agriculture, Climate and Water [inaugural meeting].
Next Week: Open Meetings at Parliament to Hear from Ministries
and Sector Stakeholders: 2019 Budget Consultations
Most Portfolio Committees will be holding open meetings to hear oral evidence on the 2019 Budget requirements and/or consultations from:
- the Ministry or Ministries they supervise, and
- Sector Stakeholders.
These meetings will be held at Parliament in Harare and 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 the clerk of the committee 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.
Monday 22nd October at 9 am
Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development
Ministry being heard: Mines and Mining Development
Venue: Senate Chamber
Monday 22nd October at 10 am
Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services
Ministries being heard: Defence and War Veterans Affairs; Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage
Venue: Committee Room No. 311
Environment and Tourism
Ministry being heard: Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry
Venue: Committee Room No. 413
Monday 22nd October at 2 pm
Portfolio Committee on Labour and Social Welfare
Ministry being heard: Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
Venue: Committee Room 1
Portfolio Committee on ICT and Courier Services
Ministry being heard: Information Communication Technology and Courier Services
Venue: Committee Room 413
Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructural Development
Ministry being heard: Transport and Infrastructural Development
Venue: Committee Room 311
Tuesday 23rd October at 10.00 am
Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Ministry being heard: Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Venue: Committee Room No. 4
Portfolio Committee on Local Government, Public Works and National Housing
Ministry being heard: Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing
Venue: Committee Room No. 2
Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education
Ministry being heard: Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education
Venue: National Assembly chamber
Wednesday 24th October
No meetings
Thursday 25th October at 10 am
Portfolio Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs
Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
Venue: National Assembly chamber
Portfolio Committee on Energy and Power Development
Ministry of Energy and Power Development
Venue: Committee Room No. 311
Portfolio Committee on Women Affairs and SME’s
Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development
Venue: Committee Room 413
Portfolio Committee on Youth, Sports and Recreation
Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation
Venue: Committee Room No. 3
Portfolio Committee on Industry and Commerce
Ministry of Industry and Commerce
Venue: Committee Room No. 1
Portfolio Committee on Information, Media and Broadcasting Services
Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services
Venue: Senate Chamber.
