Open committee meetings Monday 19th July
Only three committee meetings will be in “open session” this coming week, as listed below. [There is a chance that there will be one more later in the week – see note Postponed Meeting at the end of this bulletin.] All meetings will be virtual on the zoom platform. The link to the first meeting on the list is already available and is given below.
For assistance in following the proceedings in the other two meetings on the ZOOM platform, interested persons should contact Parliament’s Public Relations Office on 024 2700181 – 6; or 024 2252936 – 55 for the links. [We shall also try to notify these links on Veritas social media – https://www.facebook.com/pages/VeritasZim/567882163325217 and http://www.twitter.com/veritaszim
Monday 19th July at 10 am
Public Accounts Committee
Presentation by Auditor-General: Overview of her Reports for the year ended 31st December 2019.
Note: These reports have been tabled recently in the National Assembly. They are accessible on the Veritas website.
Link
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Portfolio Committee: Mines and Mining Development
Oral evidence from the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company [ZCDC] on the corrective measures being taken to address the concerns raised in the Auditor-General’s Report to the year ended 31st December 2019. [Link not yet available.]
Monday 19th July at 2 pm
Portfolio Committee: ICT, postal and Courier Services
Oral evidence from the Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier Services on the 2021 First Quarter Budget Performance Report. [Link not yet available.]
Postponed Meeting
The open session meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services scheduled for Monday morning has been postponed to a later day this week, still to be decided. The meeting is due to hear oral evidence from the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage on the Police Amendment Bill [link]. [We shall notify the date and time of the rescheduled meeting in a separate bulletin.]
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 to Parliament’s Kwame Nkrumah Avenue entrance in Harare.
Source: Veritas
