BILL WATCH
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 14/2014
[23rd March 2014]
Committee Meetings Open to the Public 24th to 27th March
The Parliamentary committee meetings listed below will be open to the public during the week commencing Monday 24th March.
Members of the public may attend the meeting, but as observers only, not as participants, i.e. they may listen but not speak. The meeting is at Parliament in Harare. If attending, please use the entrance on Kwame Nkrumah Ave between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Note that IDs must be produced.
The above details 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 relevant committee clerk [see names below] that the meeting is still on and open to the public. Parliament’s telephone numbers are Harare 700181 and 252940/1.
Monday 24th March at 8.15 am
Portfolio Committee: Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services
Oral evidence from the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe [POTRAZ] on their role, mandate and operations
Committee Room No 311
Chair: Hon Chamisa Clerk: Mr Munjenge
Monday 24th March at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services
Consideration of submissions from Ministry of Home Affairs on Zimbabwe Republic Police programmes and activities
Committee Room No 2
Chair: Hon C. Sibanda Clerk: Mr Daniel
Public Accounts Committee
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare and National Social Security Authority [NSSA] on the 2011 and 2012 NSSA accounts
Committee Room No 4
Chair: Hon Mpariwa Clerk: Mrs Nyawo
Monday 24th March at 2 pm
Portfolio Committee: Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
Oral evidence from NSSA and the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare on NSSA investment projects Zimbabwe Urban Workers Council on challenges being faced by its members and possible solutions.
Committee Room No 1
Chair: Hon Chikwama Clerk: Ms Masara
Tuesday 25th March at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Foreign Affairs
Oral evidence from Ambassador Bimha, Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs, on regional integration efforts, prospects and challenges
Committee Room No 3
Chair: Hon Porusingazi Clerk: Mr Manhivi
Portfolio Committee: Lands, Agriculture Mechanisation and Irrigation
Oral evidence from the Agricultural Marketing Authority [AMA] on the purchase and sale of grains by both private and public dealers
Senate Chamber
Chair: Hon Butau Clerk: Mr Chiremba
Portfolio Committee: Local Government, Rural and Urban Development
Oral evidence from the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing on operational challenges faced by ZUPCO
National Assembly
Chair: Hon Zindi Clerk: Ms Macheza
Wednesday 26th March at 9 am
Thematic Committee: Human Rights
Oral evidence from the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on the state of the justice delivery system in Zimbabwe
Committee Room No 4
Chair: Hon Nyambuya Clerk: Mr Manhivi
Thursday 27th March at 9.30 am
Portfolio Committee: Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment
Oral evidence from Chisumbanje Ethanol (Green Fuel) on their level of compliance with the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment legislation
Senate Chamber
Chair: Hon Wadyajena Clerk: Ms Zenda
Thursday 27th March at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Education, Sport, Arts and Culture
Oral evidence from the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe on guidelines used in awarding tenders for the construction of national symbols like the Joshua Nkomo statue
Committee Room No 4
Chair: Hon Mliswa Clerk: Mr Munjenge
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
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