BILL WATCH
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 46/2019
[6th December 2019]
Open Committee Meetings Monday 9th to Thursday 12th December
There will be three committee meetings open to the public during the week.
The meetings will be held in Parliament Building, Harare, on the dates and at the times and venues 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.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Monday 9th December at 10.00 am
Portfolio Committee: Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Environment on environmental management and sustainability
Venue: Committee Room No. 413
Monday 9th December at 2.00 pm
Portfolio Committee: Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services
Oral evidence from the Zimbabwe Academic and Research Network (ZARNet) on its operations.
Note: This is the second time this meeting has been scheduled. ZARNet provides Internet and ICT services to the academic and research sector which include kindergarten schools, primary schools, secondary schools, vocational training colleges, university, tertiary colleges, research Institutions, government institutions, and affiliate institutions.
Venue: Committee Room No. 413.
Thursday 12th December at 10.00 am
Thematic Committee: Peace and Security
Oral evidence from the Health Services Board on the conditions of workers in the health sector
Venue: Committee Room No. 4
Business to be Conducted in Closed Meetings
Portfolio Committee: Defence. Home Affairs and Security Services
The committee will meet to deliberate on the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Bill
Portfolio Committee: Information, Media and Broadcasting Services
The committee will meet to deliberate on the public consultations it held on the Zimbabwe Media Commission Bill.