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SENATE HANSARD 19 DECEMBER 2017 27-21
PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE
Tuesday 19th December, 2017
The Senate met at Half-past Two o’clock p.m.
PRAYERS
(THE HON. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE in the Chair)
ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE HON. PRESIDENT OF THE
SENATE
STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS
THE HON. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE: I wish to inform
the Senate that His Excellency Hon. E. D. Mnangagwa will tomorrow, Wednesday, 20th December, 2017, deliver the State of the Nation
Address at a Joint Sitting of the Senate and the National Assembly at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) at 1430 hours. Lunch will be served at 1230 hours. May I remind Hon. Senators that the lunch will be served at the HICC, not here.
RE-APPOINTMENT OF THEMATIC COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSONS
THE HON. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE: I also wish to
inform the Senate that the Committee on Standing Rules and Orders has made changes to the Chairpersons of Portfolio and Thematic
Committees. Hon. Sen. Shiri has replaced Hon. Sen. Makore as
Chairperson of the Thematic Committee on Gender and Development.
POST-BUDGET SEMINAR
THE HON. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE: Furthermore, I
wish to inform the Senate that the Post-Budget Seminar will be held on
Monday, 22nd of January, 2018. The venue will be communicated to all
Senators in due course. As usual, Senators are expected to attend the
Seminar and Post Budget Consultations which will be convened by
Portfolio Committees from Tuesday, the 23rd to Friday, the 26th of January, 2018. The Senate will then resume its sittings on Tuesday, 13th
February, 2018.
DRIILLING OF BOREHOLES UNDER COMMAND RAIN
WATER HARVESTING PROGRAMME
THE HON. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE: Lastly, I wish to
draw the attention of Hon. Senators to a letter that came from the Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate, requesting you to identify four sites in each Constituency where they can drill boreholes under the Command Rain Water Harvesting Programme.
You are advised to sit as the Constituency Development Committees to identify such sites and advise the Ministry and Parliament. The letter from the Ministry has been distributed in your pigeon holes.
Remember, I did indicate that if we have four constituencies under our jurisdiction, we must be members on each one of those four constituencies. So, this also refers to that, please let us be seen to be representing our constituencies as Senators.
HON. SEN. MARAVA: I just want it recorded that the changes that affects Hon. Sen. Makore were not communicated in the correct way to the leaders of this House and the Party leadership. So, I just wanted it to be put on record. None of us was consulted. Thank you.
THE HON. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE: I do not think
that is business of the House; that is the business of the Standing Rules and Orders Committee. I would like to believe as the Standing Rules and Orders Committee; we were made to believe that consultations were carried out. Anyway, that is not a point for debate in this Chamber. Thank you.
Hon. Minister Sekeramayi, can you please stand over notice of motion number 1.
HON. SEN. SEKERAMAYI: Thank you Madam President, I am
a former Minister.
THE HON. PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE: Okay, sorry
about that.
MOTION
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE
HON. SEN. TAWENGWA: Madam President, I move that Order
of the Day Number 1 be stood over until the rest of the Orders of the Day are disposed of.
HON. SEN. MATHUTHU: I second.
Motion put and agreed to.
MOTION
BUSINESS OF THE SENATE
HON. SEN. TAWENGWA: I move that Order of the Day,
Number 2 on today’s Order Paper be stood over until the rest of the Orders of the Day have been disposed of. HON. SEN. MATHUTHU: I second
Motion put and agreed to.
MOTION
FIRST REPORT OF THE THEMATIC COMMITTEE ON GENDER
AND DEVELOPMENT ON ACCESS TO SAFE AND CLEAN WATER IN RURAL AREAS
Third Order read: Adjourned debate on motion on the First Report of the Thematic Committee on Gender and Development on Access to Safe Water in Rural Areas.
Question again proposed.
HON. SEN. MAKORE: I move that the debate do now adjourn.
HON. SEN. MARAVA: I second.
Motion put and agreed to.
Debate to resume: Wednesday, 20th December, 2017.
MOTION
FIRST REPORT OF THE THEMATIC COMMITTEE ON
INDIGENISATION AND EMPOWERMENT ON THE
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE NON-ESTABLISHMENT
OF THE COMMUNITY SHARE OWNERSHIP TRUSTS
Fourth Order read: Adjourned debate on motion on the First Report of the Thematic Committee on Indigenisation and Empowerment on the Circumstances surrounding the non-establishment of Community Share Ownership Trusts in Mudzi and Mutoko districts.
Question again proposed.
HON. SEN. TAWENGWA: I move that the debate do now
adjourn.
HON. SEN. MOHADI: I second.
Motion put and agreed to.
Debate to resume: Wednesday, 20th December 2017.
MOTION
FIRST REPORT OF THE THEMATIC COMMITTEE ON
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ON SDG NO. 3
Fifth Order read: Adjourned debate on motion on the First Report of the Thematic Committee on Sustainable Development Goals on SDG Number 3.
Question again proposed.
HON. SEN. CHIEF MTSHANE: I move that the debate do now
adjourn.
HON. SEN. MOHADI: I second.
Motion put and agreed to.
Debate to resume: Wednesday, 20th December, 2017.
MOTION
FIRST REPORT OF THE THEMATIC COMMITTEE ON PEACE
AND SECURITY ON THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE GRAIN
MARKETING BOARD TO HANDLE THE 2016/2017 CROP
DELIVERIES AND THE SUCCESS OF THE COMMAND
AGRICULTURE PROGRAMME
Sixth Order read: Adjourned debate on motion on the First Report of the Thematic Committee on Peace and Security on the preparedness of the Grain Marketing Board to handle the 2016/2017 crop deliveries and the success of the Command Agriculture Programme.
Question again proposed.
HON. SEN. MUMVURI: I move that the debate do now adjourn.
HON. SEN. CHIEF MUSARURWA: I second.
Motion put at agreed to.
Debate to resume: Wednesday, 20th December, 2017.
MOTION
REPORT OF THE ZIMBABWE DELAGATION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PROMOTING
STAKEHOLDER AND PARLIAMENTARY DIALOGUE ON THE
ARMS TRADE TREATY
Seventh Order read: Adjourned debate on motion on the Report of the Zimbabwe delegation to the International Conference on Promoting Stakeholder and Parliamentary Dialogue on Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) held at Pullnam Teranga Hotel in Dakar, Senegal from 13th to 14th June, 2017.
Question again proposed.
HON. SEN. TAWENGWA: I move that the debate do now
adjourn.
HON. SEN. MOHADI: I second.
Motion put and agreed to.
Debate to resume: Wednesday, 20th December, 2017.
MOTION
REPORT OF THE SEVENTH RETREAT OF THE ASSOCIATION
OF SENATES, SHOORA AND EQUIVALENT COUNCILS IN
AFRICA AND THE ARAB WORLD
Eighth order read: Adjourned debate on the Report of the Seventh
Retreat of the Association of Senates, Shoora and equivalent Councils in
Africa and the Arab World (ASSECAA), held from 26th to 27th November, 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Question again proposed.
HON. SEN. MAKORE: I move that the debate do now adjourn.
HON. SEN. CHIMHINI: I second.
Motion put and agreed to.
Debate to resume: Wednesday, 20th December, 2017.
MOTION
REPORT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE DELEGATION
TO THE EIGHTH RETREAT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
SENATES, SHOORA AND EQUIVALENT COUNCILS IN AFRICA
AND THE ARAB WORLD
Ninth order read: Adjourned debate on motion on the Report of the Parliament of Zimbabwe Delegation to the Eighth Retreat of the Association of Senates, Shoora and Equivalent Councils in Africa and the Arab World (ASSECAA), held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 20th to 21st May, 2017.
Question again proposed.
HON. TAWENGWA: I move that the debate do now adjourn.
HON. MOHADI: I second.
Motion put and agreed to.
Debate to resume: Wednesday, 20th December, 2017.
On the motion of HON. SEN. TAWENGWA, seconded by HON. SEN. MOHADI, the Senate adjourned at Three Minutes to Three o’clock until, Tuesday, 13th February 2018.