Hearings on Public Order and Security Amendment Bill
The portfolio committee on Defence and Home Affairs will be holding public hearings on this Bill as follows:
Monday 15th February at Murehwa Centre, Murehwa, at 10 am
Tuesday 16th February at Queens Hall, Mutare, at 9 am
Wednesday 17th February at Masvingo Civic Centre, Masvingo, at 9 am
Thursday 18th February at Large City Hall, Bulawayo, at 9 am
Thursday 18th February at Gweru Theatre, Gweru, at 5 pm
Friday 19th February at Rimuka Hall, Kadoma, at 9 am
Monday 22nd February at Christian Jubilee Centre, Milton Park, Harare at 9 am
[Available from Veritas on request: electronic versions of the Bill and of the Public Order and Security Act annotated to show the effect of the amendments proposed by the Bill.]
Hearings on the State of Local Authority Service Delivery
The Portfolio Committee on Local Government, Rural and Urban Development will be holding public hearings on the state of service delivery by local authorities, which among other issues will touch on provision of water, collection of refuse, repair of burst water and sewer pipes, and maintenance of roads, as follows:
Monday 15th February at Dudley Hall Primary School, Norton, at 10 am
Tuesday 16th February at Unit L Hall, Chitungwiza, at 10 am
Friday 19th February in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Building, at 10 am
Public Welcome to Attend Hearings
Interested Stakeholders and members of public are invited to attend these hearings at which they will be given the opportunity to give evidence and make representations. If you are making a written submission it is advisable to take as many copies as possible for circulation at the meeting. If you are able to take a copy to Parliament before the meeting and give it to the Committee clerk [see below] she will duplicate copies for the members of the Committees.
If you want to make an oral submission signify this to the clerk so she can notify the chairperson to call on you. An oral submission is more effective if it is followed up in writing.
Written submissions
If you are unable to attend a hearing, written submissions and correspondence may be addressed to:
The Clerk of Parliament
Attention: Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs [or Local Government, Rural and Urban Development]
P.O. Box CY298
Causeway, Harare
Contact details for Committee Clerks
Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs
Telephone nos. (04) 700181-9 252936-50 ext 2216 [Mr P Daniel]
Fax no 04 252935
Portfolio Committee on Local Government, Rural and Urban Development
Telephone nos. (04) 700181-9 252936-50 ext 2153 [Mrs N Khumalo]
Fax no 04 252935
House of Assembly Portfolio Committees and Senate Thematic Committees: 15th to 19th February
The meetings listed below are open to members of the public, but as observers only, not as participants. [See note at the end of this bulletin on public attendance/participation at different types of committee meetings.]
The week will also see countrywide public hearings by the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs on the Public Order and Security Amendment Bill and public hearings in Norton, Chitungwiza and Harare by the Portfolio Committee on Local Government, Rural and Urban Development on local authority service delivery. [Details will be given in a separate Bill Watch Special]
A meeting of wide public interest is that of the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy which will be hearing again from the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation and from the Deputy Minister of Mines [see below]
Monday 15th February at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Transport and Infrastructure Development
Oral evidence from ZINARA [Zimbabwe National Road Administration]
Committee Room No. 1
Chairperson: Hon Chebundo Clerk: Ms Macheza
Public Accounts Committee
Oral evidence from Ministries of Media, Information and Publicity, Transport and Infrastructural Development, and Labour and Social Services
Committee Room No. 4
Chairperson: Hon Mashakada Clerk: Mrs Nyawo
Portfolio Committee: Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism
Briefing from Ministry officials on 2010 Budget
Committee Room No. 311
Chairperson: Hon P. Dube Clerk: Mr Munjenge
Portfolio Committee: Mines and Energy
Oral evidence from Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation and Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development
Committee Room No. 413
Chairperson: Hon Chindori-Chininga Clerk: Mr Manhivi
Monday 15th February at 2 pm
Portfolio Committee: Budget, Finance, Economic Planning, Investment Promotion
Oral evidence from the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Privatisation and Commercialisation
Committee Room No. 4
Chairperson: Hon Zhanda Clerk: Mr Ratsakatika
Tuesday 16th February at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Local Government, Rural and Urban Development
Fact-finding visit and public hearings in Chitungwiza
Chairperson: Hon Karenyi Clerk: Mrs Khumalo
Thursday 18th February at 10 am
Portfolio Committee: Small and Medium Enterprises
Oral evidence from Ministry officials
Committee Room No. 1
Chairperson: Hon R. Moyo Clerk: Ms Mushunje
Portfolio Committee: Women, Youth, Gender and Community Development
Brief from Youth Empowerment and Transformation
Committee Room No. 3
Chairperson: Hon Matienga Clerk: Mrs Khumalo
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