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Bill Watch Special
Veritas
November 20, 2010
House
of Assembly Portfolio Committees and Senate Thematic Committees:
Open
Meetings 22nd to 25th November
The following
meetings are open to members of the public, as observers only, not
as participants. [See note at the end of this bulletin on public
attendance and participation at different types of committee meetings]
There are sometimes
last-minute changes to this schedule and it is recommended that
you avoid possible disappointment by checking with the relevant
committee clerk that the meeting is still on and still open to the
public. Parliament's telephone numbers are Harare 700181 or 252936-55.
[Names of committee clerks are given below]. If attending, please
use the Kwame Nkrumah Ave entrance to Parliament. IDs must be produced.
Monday 22nd
November at 10 am - no meetings open to the public
Monday 22nd
November at 2 pm
Portfolio
Committee: Justice, Legal Affairs, Constitutional and Parliamentary
Affairs
Brief from Advocate
Lewis on the General Laws Amendment Bill
Committee Room
No. 413
Chairperson:
Hon Mwonzora Clerk: Miss Zenda
Tuesday 23rd
November at 10 am
Portfolio
Committee: Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International
Trade
Oral evidence
from Ministry of Foreign Affairs on its 2011 Budget proposals
Committee Room
No. 3
Chairperson:
Hon Mukanduri Clerk: Mr Chiremba
Thematic Committee:
MDGs
Brief
from Taskforce Ministries on progress made in achieving MDGs
Government Caucus
Room
Chairperson:
Hon Chief Mtshane Clerk: Mrs Nyawo
Wednesday 24th
November - no meetings open to the public
Thursday 25th
November at 10 am
Portfolio
Committee: Women, Youth, Gender and Community Development
Oral evidence
from Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment
on its budget bids, programmes and activities for 2011
Committee Room
No. 3
Chairperson:
Hon Matienga Clerk: Mrs Khumalo
Thursday 25th
November at 11 am
Portfolio
Committee: Women, Youth, Gender and Community Development
Oral evidence
from Ministry of Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development
on its budget bids, programmes and activities for 2011
Committee Room
No. 3
Chairperson:
Hon Matienga Clerk: Mrs Khumalo
Thematic
Committee: Indigenisation and Empowerment
Oral evidence
from Ministry of Agriculture and Agribank on implementation of assistance
programmes for farmers
Government Caucus
Room
Chairperson:
Hon Mutsvangwa Clerk: Mr Ratsakatika
Public Attendance
at and Participation in Committee Meetings
- Open to
the public to attend as observers only: Portfolio and thematic
committee meetings where oral evidence is being heard. Members
of the public can listen but not speak. [As listed above.]
- Stakeholders
by invitation: At some committee meetings stakeholders [and those
who notify Parliament that they consider themselves stakeholders]
are invited to make oral or written representations and ask questions.
[These meetings will be highlighted in these bulletins.]
- Not open
to the public: Portfolio and thematic committee meetings in which
the committees are doing private business - e.g. setting work
plans, deliberating on reports and findings, or drafting reports
for Parliament, or when the committees make field visits. [Veritas
does not list these in these bulletins.]
- Public Hearings:
When committees call for public hearings, members of the public
are free to submit oral or written representations, ask questions
and generally participate. [Veritas sends out separate notices
of these public hearings.]
Note: Zimbabweans
in the Diaspora can send in written submissions by email to clerk@parlzim.gov.zw
Highlights
from Last Week's Meetings
Shabanie Mine
Saga: On Monday the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy heard
evidence from Mr Mutumwa Mawere on the Government takeover of his
SMM company under the Reconstruction of State-Indebted Insolvent
Companies Act, including complaints about the role played by Justice
Minister Chinamasa. Mr Chinamasa asked the Clerk of Parliament to
stop the meeting under the sub judice rule, pointing out there were
three current court cases involving the dispute. The Clerk's response
was that the sub judice rule limited debate in the House of Assembly,
not the hearing of testimony by a committee. The committee chairperson
said Mr Chinamasa would have a chance to testify before the committee
in due course; meanwhile its next meeting on Monday 22nd November
will consider Mr Mawere's evidence.
Dual Citizenship
and Voting Rights for the Diaspora: On Tuesday the Permanent Secretary
for Regional Integration and International Trade told the Portfolio
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International
Trade that there was a need for the government to come up with a
Diaspora policy to enable the country to benefit from the foreign
currency generated in the Diaspora. As uncertainty over the issues
of dual citizenship and eligibility to vote was deterring investment
and economic participation by Zimbabweans in the Diaspora, their
concerns should be addressed in the constitution-making exercise.
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