BILL WATCH
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 30/2022
[18th July 2022]
Open Committee Meetings This Week
Monday 18th, Tuesday 19th, Thursday 21st & Friday 22nd July
Open portfolio committee and thematic committee meetings [meetings that are open to attendance by members of the public as observers only] are scheduled for this week, as shown below.
Monday 18th July at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Oral evidence from the Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage on the role envisaged to be played by the National Museum of African Liberation in bolstering the objectives of the African Union.
Hybrid of ZOOM and physical meeting.
Venue: Committee Room No. 4
Monday 18th July at 2 pm
Thematic Committee: Human Rights
Oral evidence from the Ministries of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare and Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage on the rights of minority groups.
Physical meeting.
Venue: Committee Room No. 4.
Portfolio Committee: Transport and Infrastructural Development
Oral evidence on petitions from the:
(a) Limpopo-Zambezi Transporters Company on the establishment of the Road Accident Fund; and
(b) Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe on reducing the speed limit in schooling areas.
Physical meeting.
Venue: National Assembly Chamber.
Tuesday 19th July at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Local Government and Public Works
Oral evidence from the City of Harare on the petition from Combined Harare Residents Association [CHRA] on access to maternal health care services at City of Harare Poly Clinics..
Hybrid of ZOOM and Physical meeting
Venue: National Assembly chamber.
Thursday 21st July at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation
Oral evidence from the National Association of Youth Organisations [NAYO] on the petition regarding the need for Government to reconsider the proposed re-introduction of the National Youth Service Programme. [Note by Veritas. This meeting may be affected by news the Cabinet’s approval on Tuesday 12th July of the National Youth Service Programme, as announced in the Post-Cabinet Meeting Press Briefing, which is available on the Veritas website [link].]
Hybrid of ZOOM and Physical meeting
Venue: Committee Room No. 1.
Friday 22nd July at 9 am
PAC Sub Committee on Central Government Accounts
Oral evidence from the Secretary for Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development on the Ministry’s accounts for 2019 and 2020.
Physical meeting.
Venue: National Assembly Chamber.
PAC Sub Committee on Local Authorities
Oral evidence from Local Authorities who did not submit financial accounts for audit in the 2020 Auditor-Generals Report. Note that the relevant 2020 Auditor-Generals Report is available on the Veritas website [link].
Virtual meeting on ZOOM platform.
How to Follow Virtual and Hybrid Open Meetings on the ZOOM Platform
For assistance in following the proceedings in virtual and hybrid open meetings on the ZOOM platform as observers, interested persons should contact the following for the meeting ID and passcode:
Parliament’s Public Relations Office, Tel: +263 242 700181-6 or +263 242 252936 – 55.
