BILL WATCH
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 31/2022
[24th July 2022]
Open Committee Meetings This Week:
Monday 25th and Thursday 28th 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 25th July at 10 am
Public Accounts Committee [PAC] – Full Committee
Oral evidence from the Zimbabwe National Road Authority [ZINARA] Board and Executive on the status of implementation of PAC recommendations in its Report on the Analysis of the 2017 and 2018 Auditor-General’s Report and the 2017 Forensic Audit Report.
Hybrid of ZOOM and physical meeting.
Venue: Senate Chamber
Monday 25th July at 2 pm
Portfolio Committee: Budget, Finance and Economic Development
Oral evidence from the Fight Inequality Alliance on a petition relating to extreme poverty and inequalities in Zimbabwe.
Virtual meeting on the ZOOM Platform.
Portfolio Committee: Transport and Infrastructural Development
Oral evidence from the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe on the petition on reducing the speed limit from 60 km/hr to 30 km/hr in schooling, shopping and residential areas.
Physical meeting.
Venue: National Assembly Chamber.
Thursday 28th July at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation
1. 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 petition may be affected by the news of the Cabinet’s approval on Tuesday 12th July of the National Youth Service Programme, as announced in the Post-Cabinet Meeting Press Briefing of 12th July, which is available on the Veritas website [link].
2. Update on the National Youth Bill and appointment of Zimbabwe Youth Council Board members.
Hybrid of ZOOM and Physical meeting
Venue: Committee Room No. 1.
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.
