BILL WATCH
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 34/2019
[13th September 2019]
Open Committee Meetings Monday 16th to Thursday 19th September
The portfolio committees mentioned below will be meeting in open session next week. These committee meetings will be held at Parliament in Harare on the dates and at the times and venues within the Parliament building indicated below
Members of the public may attend these meetings – but as observers only, not as participants, i.e. they may observe and listen but not speak.
If attending, please use the entrance to Parliament on Kwame Nkrumah Ave between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Please note that IDs must be produced.
The details given in this bulletin 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 committee clerk that the meeting concerned is still on and open to the public. Parliament’s telephone numbers are Harare 2700181 and 2252940/1.
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 or by letter posted to the Clerk of Parliament, P.O. Box 298, Causeway, Harare or delivered at Parliament’s Kwame Nkrumah Avenue entrance in Harare.
Monday 16th September at 9.30 am
Public Accounts Committee
Oral evidence from the Governor of the Reserve Bank on payments for Command Agriculture
Venue: Committee Room No. 4
Portfolio Committee: Transport and Infrastructural Development
Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development
Venue: National Assembly Chamber
Monday 16th September at 10.00 am
Portfolio Committee: Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services
Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage and its departments
Venue: Committee Room No. 1
Monday 16th September at 2.00 pm
Portfolio Committee: Budget, Finance and Economic Development
Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development and stakeholders
Venue: Senate Chamber
Portfolio Committee: Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the Ministry of Public Service and Civil Service Commission
Venue: Committee Room No. 1
Portfolio Committee: ICT and Courier Services
Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the Ministry of ICT and Courier Services and stakeholders
Venue: Committee Room 413
Tuesday 17th September at 9.30 am
Portfolio Committee: Mines and Mining Development
Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development and stakeholders
Venue: National Assembly Chamber
Tuesday 17th September at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Lands, Agriculture, Climate, Water and Rural Resettlement
Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Climate, Water and Rural Resettlement
Venue: Senate Chamber
Portfolio Committee: Local Government, Public Works and National Housing
Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing and stakeholders
Venue: Committee Room No. 2
Portfolio Committee: Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and stakeholders
Venue: Committee Room No. 4
Wednesday 18th September at 10.00 am
Portfolio Committee: Mines and Mining Development
Oral evidence from the ZRP Minerals Unit, Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe, Ministry of Mines and Mining Development and Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation
Venue: National Assembly Chamber
Thursday 19th September at 8.30 am
Portfolio Committee: Primary and Secondary Education
Oral evidence from the Deaf Zimbabwe Trust on the petition on the rights of children living with disabilities
Venue: National Assembly Chamber.
Thursday 19th September at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and stakeholders
Venue: National Assembly Chamber.
Portfolio Committee: Energy and Power Development
Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the Ministry of Energy and Power Development and stakeholders
Venue: Committee Room No. 413
Portfolio Committee: Women Affairs and SMEs
Oral evidence from the Ministry on its 2020 Budget priorities
Venue: Committee Room No. 413
Portfolio Committee: Youth, Sports and Recreation
Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the Ministry and stakeholders
Venue: Committee Room No. 2
Portfolio Committee: Information, Media and Broadcasting Services
Pre-Budget consultative meeting with the Ministry and stakeholders
Venue: Senate Chamber
Committee Activities Outside Harare Next Week
Petition from Chiredzi Sugar Cane Growers Association
From Monday 16th September to Thursday 19th September the Portfolio Committee on Industry and Commerce is due to pay a fact-finding visit to Chiredzi regarding this petition. Open sessions will be at Triangle Country Club Theatre.
Fact-finding Visits to Tertiary Education Institutions
From Monday 16th to Friday 20th September the Portfolio Committee on Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development will be paying fact-finding visits to:
Institution When
Gwanda State University............................................ Monday morning
Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic...................... Monday afternoon
Lupane State University.............................................. Tuesday morning
National University of Science & Technology ....... Wednesday morning
Bulawayo Polytechnic................................................. Wednesday afternoon
Mkoba Teachers College............................................ Thursday morning
Gweru Polytechnic....................................................... Thursday afternoon
Midlands State University........................................... Friday morning