FINANCIAL ADJUSTMENTS BILL, 2019
Memorandum
If a Government Ministry or Department spends money in any financial year in excess of the amount appropriated, or for a purpose for which nothing was appropriated, the Minister of Finance is required in terms of section 307 of the Constitution to cause a Bill condoning the unauthorised expenditure to be introduced in the National Assembly seeking condonation of the unauthorised expenditure, no later than sixty days after the extent of the unauthorised expenditure has been established.
In line with the above, we seek condonation for unauthorised expenditure incurred by Line Ministries of US$25,305,741 (twenty-five million three hundred and five thousand and seven hundred and forty-one dollars) for year ended 2015, US$1,530,890,050 (one billion five hundred and thirty million eight hundred and ninety thousand and fifty dollars) for year ended 2016, US$4,562,064,123 (four billion five hundred and sixty-two million and sixty four thousand one hundred and twenty-three dollars) for year ended 2017, US$3,560,343,130 (three billion five hundred and sixty million three hundred and forty-three thousand one hundred and thirty dollars) for year ended 2018.
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Presented by the minister of finance and economic develoPment
BILL
To condone unauthorised expenditure incurred by various Line Ministries from the year 2015 to 2018.
ENACTED by the Parliament and the President of Zimbabwe.
5 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Financial Adjustments Act, 2019.
2 Condonation of unauthorised expenditure for year ended 2015
The incurring of the following expenditure in excess of that which was appropriated in terms of Part 3 of Chapter 17 of the Constitution or for which no money was
10 appropriated under that Part, is condoned—
- the Office of the President and Cabinet during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2015, in an amount of nine million four hundred and sixty-six thousand two hundred and seventeen United States dollars;
- the Parliament of Zimbabwe during the financial year ended on the 31st
15 December, 2018, in an amount of three million seven hundred and seventy- three thousand eight hundred and twenty-one United States dollars;
(c) the Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate during the financial
year ended on the 31st December, 2015, in an amount of eleven million
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nine hundred and nine thousand four hundred and twelve United Statesdollars; and
(d) the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2015, in an amount of one hundred and fifty-sixthousand two hundred and ninety-one United States dollars.
3 Condonation of unauthorised expenditure for year ended 2016
| The incurring of the following expenditure in excess of that which was appropriated in terms of Part 3 of Chapter 17 of the Constitution or for which no money was appropriated under that Part, is condoned— | ||
| (a) | the Office of the President and Cabinet during the financial year endedon the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of twenty-four million two hundred and seventy-four thousand three hundred and seventy-seven United States dollars; | 10 |
| (b) | the Parliament of Zimbabwe during the financial year ended on the 31st | |
| December, 2016, in an amount of one hundred and seventy-nine thousand eight-hundred and thirty-two United States dollars; | 15 | |
| (c) | the Ministry of Defence during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of eighty-seven million one hundred and ninety-four thousand three hundred and forty-eight United States dollars; | |
| (d) | the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development during the financial | 20 |
year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of one hundred and forty-three million nine hundred and fifty-five four hundred and seventeen United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Industry and Commerce during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of thirteen million three hundred 25and seventy-three hundred and seventeen United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount
of nine hundred and seventy-five million three hundred and eighteen
thousand six hundred and fifty-two United States dollars; 30
- the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of one hundred and eleven million four hundred and nine thousand two hundred and forty-one United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate during the financial year 35ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of ten million three hundred and eighty-two thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of thirty-nine million 40 one hundred and sixty-eight thousand three hundred and twenty-sevenUnited States dollars;
- the Ministry of Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of nine million two hundred and eleven thousand nine hundred and twenty-six 45United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Home Affairs during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of thirty million two hundred and twenty- eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs during the fi- 50 nancial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an of amount three
hundred and ninety-five thousand seven hundred and thirty-one United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises and Cooperative Development during the financial year ended on the 31st December,2016, in an amount of thirteen million one hundred and ninety thousand six hundred and eight United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of one hundred and sixty thousand three hundred and thirty-three United States dollars;
10 (o) the Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement, during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of twenty-nine million sixty-eight thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight United States dollars;
(p)the Ministry of Sport, Arts and Culture during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of three hundred and twenty-five
15 thousand and eighty-three United States dollars;
- the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of one hundred and thirty-four thousand and seventy-nine United States dollars;
- the Zimbabwe Peace and Reconciliation Commission during the financial
20 year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of three hundred and seventeen thousand one hundred and three United States dollars;
(s)the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of five hundred and six thousand two hundred and fifty-five United States dollars;
25 (t) the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of one million seven hundred and eighteen thousand four hundred and eighty-one United States dollars;
- the Zimbabwe Gender Commission during the financial year ended on the
31st December, 2016, in an amount of one hundred and fourteen thousand 30 seven hundred and thirty-two United States dollars; and
- the Zimbabwe Land Commission during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2016, in an amount of two hundred and sixty-one thousand five hundred and twenty-one United States dollars.
4 Condonation of unauthorised expenditure for year ended 2017
35 The incurring of the following expenditure in excess of that which was appropriated in terms of Part 3 of Chapter 17 of the Constitution or for which no money was appropriated under that Part, is condoned—
(a)the Office of the President and Cabinet during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of eighty-two million one
40 hundred and eighty-seven thousand three hundred and sixteen United
States dollars;
(b)the Parliament of Zimbabwe during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of nine million three hundred and sixty-six thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine United States dollars;
45 (c) the Ministry of Labour and Social Services during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of three hundred and forty-three million, two hundred and eighty-four thousand one hundred and fifteen United States dollars;
(d)the Ministry of Defence, Security and War Veterans during the financial
50 year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of two hundredand twenty-two million seven hundred and eight-seven thousand two hundred and twenty-eight United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of seventy-eight million and sixty-six thousand one hundred and seventy-two United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Development during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of sixty-four million seven hundred and ninety-four thousand one hundred
| and ninety-six United States dollars; | 10 | |
| (g) | the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, an amount of two billion five hundred and nineteen million, nine hundred and thirty-two thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine United States dollars; | |
| (h) | the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development during the financialyear ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of two hundred and twenty-three million and forty-eight thousand one hundred and three United States dollars; | 15 |
| (i) | the Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate during the financial year | |
| ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of sixty-eight million nine hundred and twenty-eight thousand and forty-three United States dollars; | 20 | |
| (j) | the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of nineteen | |
| million seven hundred and six thousand five hundred and sixty-six United States dollars; | 25 | |
| (k) | the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of fifty-nine million five hundred and fifty-six thousand six hundred and | |
| one United States dollars; | 30 | |
| (l) | the Ministry of Health and Child Care, during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of one hundred and forty- two million seven hundred and fifty-three thousand eight hundred and seventeen United States dollars; | |
| (m) the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, during the financialyear ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of forty-one million, three hundred and eighty-nine thousand four hundred and fifty-seven United States dollars;
(n) the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology |
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| Development, during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of thirty-four million seven hundred and eighteen thousand four hundred and eighty-four United States dollars;
(o) the Ministry of Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment, during |
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the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, is an amount of fifty-one million four hundred and eighteen thousand nine hundred and 45fifty-four United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Home Affairs during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of one hundred and two million, eight hundred and forty-three thousand nine hundred and eighty-eight United
States dollars; 50
- the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of twenty- five million six hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred and thirteen United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of ten million nine hundred and thirty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty-eight United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Energy and Power Development during the financial year
10 ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of three hundred and fifty-four million and eighty-two thousand three hundred and seventy-four United States dollars;
(t)the Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount
15 of nine million five hundred and twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and fourteen United States dollars;
(u)the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of one million six hundred and ninety-two thousand eight hundred and sixty-one United
20 States dollars;
(v)the Ministry of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of nine hundred and eighty-three thousand nine hundred and thirty-two United States dollars;
25 (w) the Ministry of Sport and Recreation during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of two million three hundred and sixty-nine thousand one hundred and fifteen United States dollars;
(x) the Judicial Service Commission during the financial year ended on the
31st December, 2017, in an amount of six hundred and two thousand nine
30 hundred and eighty-two United States dollars;
- the Public Service Commission during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of twenty-one million seven hundred and eighty-two thousand four hundred and ninety-three United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Information Communication Technology and Cyber
35 Security during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in
an amount of nine hundred and eighty-three thousand nine hundred and thirty-two United States dollars;
(aa) the Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of fourteen million nine
40 hundred and eighty-five thousand three hundred and fifteen United States dollars;
(bb) the Ministry of Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of one million and seventy-nine thousand three hundred and eighty-three
45 United States dollars;
- the Council of Chiefs during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of twelve million six hundred and forty-one thousand and eighty-eight United States dollars;
- the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission during the financial year ended
50 on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of three hundred and eighty- three thousand and twenty-five United States dollars;
- the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of forty million two hundred and seventy-five thousand two hundred United States dollars; and
| The incurring of the following expenditure in excess of that which was appropriated in terms of Part 3 of Chapter 17 of the Constitution or for which no money was | |||
| appropriated under that Part, is condoned— | 10 | ||
| (a) | the Office of the President and Cabinet during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount of one hundred and eight million and thirty thousand five hundred and twenty-seven United States dollars; | ||
| (b) | the Ministry of Labour and Social Services during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount of ninety-two million four 15 | ||
| hundred and nine thousand six hundred and eighty-eight United States dollars; | |||
| (c) | the Ministry of Defence during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount of one hundred and sixty-nine million | ||
| seven hundred and six thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine United States dollars; | 20 | ||
| (d) | the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount of five hundred and fifty-nine million four hundred and forty-eight thousand one hundred | ||
| and nineteen United States dollars; | 25 | ||
| (e) | the Ministry of Industry, commerce and Enterprise Development during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount of twenty-four million five hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred United States dollars; | ||
| (f) | the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Development during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, an amount of one billion seven hundred and eleven million nine hundred and fifty-four thousand
eight hundred and fifty-eight United States dollars; |
30 | |
| (g) | the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development during the financial year | ||
| ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount of forty-nine million two hundred and sixty-four thousand one hundred and ninety United States dollars; | 35 | ||
| (h) | the Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount of seventy-eight | ||
| million three hundred and ninety-one thousand and twenty-five United 40States dollars; | |||
| (i) | the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount of three hundred and thirty-five million five hundred and thirty thousand two
hundred and twenty-two United States dollars; 45 |
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| (j) | the Ministry of Health and Child Care, during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount of sixty-one million seven hundred and four thousand two hundred and forty-nine United States dollars; | ||
| (k) | the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount of eighty-five million 50 | ||
- the Zimbabwe Land Commission during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2017, in an amount of two hundred and ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and twenty-three United States dollars.
5 Condonation of unauthorised expenditure for the year ended 2018
one hundred and fifteen thousand six hundred and thirty-six United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Sport, Arts and Culture during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount eighteen million two hundredand fifty-seven thousand two hundred and eighteen United States dollars;
- the Ministry of Energy and Power Development during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount one hundred and eighty- four million seven hundred and seventy-six thousand four hundred and eighteen United States dollars;
10 (n) the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount eight million two hundred and one thousand three hundred and fifty-two United States dollars;
(o) the Judicial Services Commission during the financial year ended on the
31st December, 2018, in an amount four million and thirty-seven thousand
15 two hundred and forty-one United States dollars;
- the Civil Service Commission during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount fifty-two million nine hundred and forty-one thousand and sixteen United States dollars;
- the Council of Chiefs during the financial year ended on the 31st December,
20 2018, in an amount of three million six hundred and ninety thousand eight hundred and fourteen United States dollars;
(r) the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount of one million one hundred and forty-nine thousand eight hundred and sixty-one United
25 States dollars; and
(s)the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission during the financial year ended on the 31st December, 2018, in an amount of eleven million one hundred and seventy-six thousand two hundred and fifty-seven United States dollars.