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Analysis of retention funds Parliament Budget office

  PARLIAMENT BUDGET OFFICE ___________________________________________________ STATUTORY AND RETENTION FUNDS: WHAT IS THE WAY FOWARD _______________________________________________________________________________________________   Introduction and Background Zimbabwe could be losing millions of dollars through misuse of retained funds by various Government Departments who are retaining 100% of the funds they are collecting. The Auditor General has raised a red flag over lack…

Parliament Budget Office

    PARLIAMENT BUDGET OFFICE Introduction and background Pursuant to the need to enhance its Budget and Financial oversight function, Parliament of Zimbabwe has established a Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) which began operations on the first of September 2016. Zimbabwe follows its peers; South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and Uganda who have all enhanced their…

Guidelines summary-LCC Meeting

Mandates and Conduct of Business of Committees Presentation by A.M Zvoma, Clerk of Parliament At the Liaison and Cordination Committee meeting Wednesday 24th February 2010       1.   Introduction Committees of Parliament exercise Parliament’s legislative, Executive Oversight and representational roles through various ways. The mandate for both Thematic and Portfolio Committees is provided for in the…

History of Women Parliamentarians

Gender Disaggregated Data In the Parliament of Zimbabwe since 1980.   This fact sheet presents the number of women who have been elected into Parliament since 1980. The figures show that Zimbabwe has not reached the 30 percent minimum and the 50 percent maximum.   Background Gender equality is a basic human rights issue and…

Leader Of Government Business

Publications – LEADER OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS.txt LEADER OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS;- The Leader of Government Business is an important figure in Parliament. They are in charge of the government business, which is presented in the Parliament. Each House of Parliament has a Leader of Government Business. OBLIGATIONS OF THE LEADER OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS The Leader of…

Leader Of The Opposition

Legislative Review

Induction Workshop for New Researchers and Committee Clerks.                                                                                    Foreword   As part of its capacity building program for the Parliament of Zimbabwe, SUNY/ZIM has organized this Induction workshop. The purpose of this workshop in part  is to…

MINISTERS OBLIGATION IN THE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE

MINISTERS’ OBLIGATIONS IN THE BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1.       Introduction In the Parliament of Zimbabwe, as in all other Parliaments, Ministers or members of the Executive have obligations in the business of the House. The Leader of Government Business who is ordinarily referred to as the Leader of the House is principally responsible for Government…

Public Hearing Guidlines

            PUBLIC HEARINGS GUIDELINES                     October 2003 Prepared by the Departments of Research, Committees, Table Research and Journals and Public Relations Parliament of Zimbabwe Harare           1.              Background In May 1999 the Parliament of Zimbabwe adopted the…