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President Mugabe's Speech at the Opening of the Second Session of the Sixth Parliament of Zimbabwe in Harare
July 25, 2006

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Madame President of the Senate,

Mr Speaker, Sir,

Senators,

Members of the House of Assembly.

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all to the start of the Second Session of the Sixth Parliament of Zimbabwe.

This Session takes place against the background of our home-grown and defining legislative developments which, apart from placing our Land Reform Programme on a firm pedestal, have also re-introduced the bi-cameral Parliamentary system. Our Upper House of Parliament, the Senate, is now firmly in place.

Following the passing of Constitutional Amendment Number 17, women are now empowered to own land alongside their male counterparts, while through their representation in the Senate, the country has already attained the 30 percent SADC quota for women in politics. I wish to reiterate my challenge to those elected as members of the Senate to work hard to fulfil the expectations of the electorate and the Nation.

Madame President, Mr Speaker Sir,

While we had made significant progress in containing the country's number one enemy, inflation, its current resurgence and the distortions it causes in our everyday lives present a worrisome development. Notwithstanding this setback, Government remains fully determined to tame the monster, a task which no doubt requires our collective will as stakeholders in the country's well-being. I wish to applaud the close collaboration between Government and Business which has underpinned the implementation of our nascent National Economic Development Priority Programme (NEDPP), which focuses on stabilising the economy, ensuring national food security, and improving foreign currency generation. Further, the programme emphasises the importance of import substitution and value-addition as we redouble our efforts at promoting investment. Thus, the prevailing sense of a shared vision should forever remain as the mortar that binds us together and the force that propels us to greater heights in pursuit of national development.

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