BILL WATCH
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 29/2019
[26th July 2019]
Open Committee Meetings Monday 29th July to Thursday 1st August
The portfolio committees mentioned below will be meeting in open session next week. These committee meetings will be held at Parliament in Harare on the dates and at the times and venues within the Parliament building indicated below
Members of the public may attend these 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 29th July at 9.00 am and 11.00 am
Public Accounts Committee
(1) 9.00 am – Oral evidence from the ZINARA Board and Management on the Forensic Audit Report
(2) 11.00 am – Oral evidence from Forit Enterprises and MADZ Contractors on the ZINARA Forensic Audit Report
Venue: Senate Chamber
Monday 29th July at 10.00 am
Portfolio Committee: Environment and Tourism
Oral evidence from the Forestry Commission Board on challenges facing the forestry sector
Venue: Committee Room No. 413
Monday 29th July at 2.00 pm
Portfolio Committees: Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare & Primary and Secondary Education
Oral evidence from ZIMTA and PTUZ regarding the petition on the erosion of teachers’ salaries due to inflation [joint meeting]
Venue: National Assembly Chamber
Portfolio Committee: ICT and Courier Services
Oral evidence from the Permanent Secretary for ICT and Courier Services – together with the NetOne Board and Management – on the NetOne Forensic Audit Report.
Venue: Committee Room 413
Tuesday 30th July at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Lands, Agriculture, Climate, Water and Rural Resettlement
Oral evidence from the Premier, Ethical Tobacco Auctions Floors and Tobacco Sales Floors on their operations and challenges faced during the 2019 tobacco marketing season
Venue: Senate Chamber
Thursday 1st August at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Energy and Power Development
Oral evidence from the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority [ZERA] on the state of the fuel sector and recent price hikes
Venue: Committee Room No. 311
Portfolio Committee: Youth, Sports and Recreation
Oral evidence from the Minister of Sport, Arts and Recreation and the Sports and Recreation Commission [SRC] on the state of sport in Zimbabwe – mainly football, cricket, netball and rugby
Venue: Committee Room No. 1.
