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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTES 18_MARCH_2010_NO._29

 

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No. 29

 

 

PARLIAMENT

  

OF

 

ZIMBABWE

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VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

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SECOND SESSION – SEVENTH PARLIAMENT

 

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THURSDAY 18^TH MARCH 2010

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Quarter past two o‟clock p.m The Speaker in the Chair. PRAYERS.

 

Members Present

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printed by Order of the House

 

Baloyi A,                                    Maposhere        D                        Sibanda P.N

Beremauro G,                             Maramba P.H                              Sindi C

Bhasikiti K,                                 Maramwidze    E                        Tazviona R

Chaderopa        F                        H                                                 Tshuma B

Chambati T.S                              Mare M                                       Varandeni J

Chebundo B                                Matamisa      E.E                        Zhuwao P

Chibaya A                                   Matibe T.P                                   Zinyemba M

Chikava B,                                  Matshalaga       O                        Ziteya K.S

Chimanikire G,                           Matutu T                                     Ziyambi W.Z

Chimbetete W.M                        Mavima         L.D                        Zwizwai    M.

Chinyadza W                              Mazikana      P.H

Chirongwe R,                              Mbwembwe      E

Chirume O                                  Mhandu C

Chitando J                                   Moyo E

Chivamba K,                               Moyo R

Cross E.G                                    Mpukuta L

Denga P                                      Mudarikwa S

Dzingirai I                                   Mudau M

Dzirutwe G                                 Mudzuri H

Gabuza J.G                                 Muguti C

Garadhi S                                    Mungofa P.T

Gonese I.T                                  Munjeyi            G

Goto R                                         Mushonga S.L

Gwiyo           C.C                        Musumbu E

Haritatos P                                  Musundire     A.L

Hove S.R                                    Musvaire W

Huruba T                                     Muza I

Jembere E                                   Mwonzora D.T

Jiri M                                          Mzembi W

Kachepa N                                  Navava E

Kanzama F                                  Ncube               S

Karenyi L                                    Ndambakuwa F

Kay J.I.H                                    Ndava R

Khumalo N.M,                            Nezi W

Khumalo S.S,                              Ngwenya B

Khumalo T                                  Nyakudanga O

Kumalo M                                   Nyamupinga B.B

Machacha         C                        Nyaude B

Madamombe     S                        Nyoni S.G.G

Madubeko         J                        Pasihomusha-

Madzimure      W                        Matiza B.J

Mafios I.D                                  Sai S

Makamure R                               Samkange N.T.C

Mangami          D                        Shirichena E

Mangena J                                   Shoko M

Sibanda F.M

 

 

Absent with leave

Hon. Chanetsa P.T

Hon. Chindori-Chininga E.T.C

Hon. Chitima A

Hon. Chinomona M.M

Hon. Langa A

Hon. Goche N

Hon. Madzore P Hon. Mahoka S Hon. Masukume N.P.S.

Hon. Matonga B

Hon. Dr. Mombeshora D.T

Hon. Munengami F

Hon. Raradza E

 

 

1. The Speaker made an announcement informing the House that the date for the National Launch of the International Women‟s Day had been changed from 19^th March to 25^th March 2010 at the Chitungwiza Aquatic Complex starting at 1000 hours.

 

2. The Speaker made an announcement regarding the following changes to Committee membership by the MDC-T Party: -

 

• Makamure has moved from the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Water, Lands and Resettlement to the Portfolio Committee on State Enterprises and Parastatals.
• Varandeni has moved from the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Water, Lands and Resettlement to the Portfolio

Committee on women, Youth, Gender and Community Development.

• Nyamudeza would serve the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs in addition to the Portfolio Committee on Small and Medium Enterprises Development.
• Musumbu would serve on the Portfolio Committee on State Enterprises and Parastatals in addition to the Portfolio Committee on Media, Information and Communication Technology.
• Dzirutwe would serve on the Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth, Gender and Community Development in addition to the Portfolio committee on Transport and Infrastructure.

 

3. The Speaker informed Hon. Members to collect their 2010 diaries from the Public Relations Department at Pax House, Office Number 4, 3^rd Floor South Wing.

 

4. Gonese, seconded by Hon. Chibaya, moved: That Notice of Motion No.  1 for today stands over until Order of the Day No. 16, for today, has been disposed of.

 

Motion put and agreed to.

 

5. Adjourned debate on motion in reply to the Presidential Speech (Adjourned

17^th March, 2010 – Hon. Gonese)

 

[Time elapsed: 4 hours 20 minutes]

 

Question again proposed:  That a respectful Address be presented to the

President of Zimbabwe as follows-

 

May, it please you, Your Excellency, the President:

 

We, the Members of Parliament of Zimbabwe, desire to express our loyalty to Zimbabwe and beg leave to offer our respectful thanks for the speech, which you have been pleased to address to Parliament – Hon. Nyamupinga.

 

On the motion of the Minister of State Enterprises and Parastatals: Debate adjourned until tomorrow.

 

6. SECOND READING: Public Order and Security Amendment Bill (H.B.11, 2009)Hon Gonese.

 

On the motion of Hon. Gonese, seconded by Hon. Kanzama:  Debate adjourned until tomorrow.

 

7. Mavima, seconded by Hon. Matibe, moved: That this House takes note of the First Report of the Portfolio Committee on State Enterprises and Parastatals Management on Industrial Development Enterprises in Harare and Chitungwiza (S.C 5, 2010).

 

On the motion of the Minister of State Enterprises and Parastatals: Debate adjourned until 30 June 2010.

 

8. On the motion of the Minister of State Enterprises and Parastatals: The House adjourned at six minutes past four o‟clock p.m. until Wednesday 30 June 2010 at a quarter past two o‟clock in the afternoon.

L.N.M MOYO

Speaker.

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, 30^TH JUNE, 2010

 

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS

 

♦          QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

 

*          QUESTIONS WITH NOTICE

 

*1.       HON. VARANDENI: To ask the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development to inform the House:

1. i) whether there are any plans to repair bridges and roads damaged by

Cyclone Eline and Cyclone Japhet linking Zaka, Bikita  and Chiredzi

North Constituencies; and ii) if the Ministry allows the local authorities to hire the services of             donors who have the machinery to maintain the roads.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday 4^th November]

 

*2.	HON. MARAMWIDZE: To ask the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development to explain if it is logical for Members of Parliament to pay tollgate fees when they are on national duty travels all over the country for 24 hours per day. [Deferred from Wednesday, 10th February]
*3.	HON. CHEBUNDO: To ask the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural   Development to explain: i)                 why the National Railways of Zimbabwe chose to dismiss Mr. Norman Mthupa over an alleged case of theft of diesel which he was acquitted by the Magistrate Court of Law in Kwekwe as evidenced by [CR83/09/03 CR 2811-12/03]; ii)               why he should not be reinstated; and ii)       whether this does not border on unfair labour practice and victimization by the Supervisor.   [Deferred from Wednesday, 17th March]
*4.	HON. SHIRICHENA: To ask the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development to explain: i)              whether there are any plans to complete the tarring of the Zvishavane-           Rutenga road which was started in 1990; and ii)            when the construction of the Zvishavane-Mataga-West Nicholson road which links Mberengwa East, Mberengwa South and Mberengwa West with the rest of the country would be completed.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday, 17^th March]

 

*5.       HON. CHNYADZA: To ask the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural             Development to inform the House:

1. why the Chiduku – Marondera Road which is depicted as tarred on the

latest maps is infact still a dirt road;

1. what happened to the funds that were allocated for tarring it; and iii) when the road is going to be eventually tarred.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday, 17^th March]

 

*6.       HON. MANGAMI: To ask the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural             Development to explain the Ministry‟s plans towards the improvement of              Gokwe Manoti Road which has been seriously eroded.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday, 17^th March]

 

*7.       HON. MARAMBA: To ask the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development to state when the surfacing of the Driefontein-Fairfield-Mashava road is going to be completed.

 

 

*8.       HON. MADUBEKO: To ask the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development to inform the House when the surfacing of the Gweru to Cross Roads/road, which was started in 1998, is going to be completed.

 

*9.        HON. BALOYI: To ask the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural              Development to state:

1. the amount of money that has been released to the three road authorities in Chiredzi District namely, Chiredzi Rural District Council, District Development Fund and Department of Roads for the repair of roads in the district; and
2. the ministry‟s strategy to address the general deterioration in the road network in rural areas given that most of these roads need reconstruction.

 

*10.	HON. JIRI:  To ask the Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development to explain: i)        why Rural District Councils have been operating without audited financial statements over the years as evidenced by the Chikomba Rural District Council whose last audited accounts were produced in 2003. ii)           what measures the Ministry is taking to address cases of gross maladministration in the running of Council Affairs where some assets have been misappropriated over time Chikomba Rural District Council is a case in point. iii)        what criteria has been used to employ the staff in the Administration of Councils and to state whether it is by merit or nepotism.   [Deferred from Wednesday, 10th February]
*11.	HON. KAGURABADZA: To ask the Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development to explain what the ministry has done to ensure that it complies with Article 14 of the GPA, which calls for the depoliticisation of the office of the traditional chiefs. [Deferred from Wednesday 10th February]
*12.	HON. S. L. MUSHONGA: To ask the Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development to inform the House: i)        what the government policy is towards housing cooperatives that purchased unserviced and undivided pieces of Peri-Urban land since year 2000 in contravention of the Regional, Town and Country Planning Act (Chapter 29:10) Section39; ii) if there is any government waiver in the requirements of Section 39 of the Regional, Town and Country Planning Act (Chapter 29:10); iii)       whether the Ministry is aware that unscrupulous property developers are trying to use premises of  the Regional, Town and Country Planning Act (Chapter 29:10 to dishonour several contracts they entered into since the year 2000 to detriment of several poor households who invested their savings in buying these unserviced and unapproved subdivisions; and iv)           if the Ministry of Local Government Urban and Rural Development could come up with a Statutory Instrument to retrospectively regularise the above mentioned scenario. [Deferred from Wednesday 10th February]
*13.	HON. CHIMHINI: To ask the Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development to explain whether District Administrators, Assistant District Administrators and Chief Executive Officers of Councils are allowed to engage in politics given that those in Mutasa District are publicly showing their allegiance to a particular political party resulting in a collision path with the MDC dominated Rural District Council.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday 10^th February]

 

*14.	HON. MARAMWIDZE: To ask the Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development to explain why the ZANU PF Councilors who lost in last year's elections are finding their way back in the Council through the so called “Special Interest” Councilors.  What is their special interest duty there as if the winning councilors are failing to do their work. [Deferred from Wednesday 10th February]
*15.	HON. BEREMAURO: To ask the Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development to inform the House who administers resettlement areas, is it the Ministry of Lands, DDF or local authority.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday 10^th February]

 

*16.      HON. SHIRICHENA: To ask the Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development to inform the House when the Ministry would resolve the      boundary dispute among the following Chiefs in Midlands, Chief Mketi, Chief Madyebadza and Chief Mazetese in Masvingo.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday, 17^th March]

 

*17.     HON. GARADHI: To ask the Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban             Development to inform the House:

1. whether he is aware that Chinhoyi City Council is not performing efficiently due to over-staffing, as the 500 workers are way beyond the staff compliment of 250 which is required; and
2. the reasons being the additional workers were politically recruited and what the Ministry is doing to address the problems of excess staff.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday, 17^th March]

 

*18.     HON. SITHOLE: To ask the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry to explain:

1. what package is there to encourage communities in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area to develop cultural tourism related enterprises; and
2. whether there are any opportunities which can be taken advantage of during the 2010 World Cup show case in South Africa.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday 10^th February]

 

*19. HON. MANGAMI: To ask the Co-Ministers of Home Affairs to explain the measures the Ministry is taking to assist:

1. women who got National Identity Documents (I.Ds), without possessing birth certificates, soon after independence through the assistance of their husbands and brothers, get replacement I.Ds;
2. those women without children, who are being requested to bring their children, as their witnesses, when they apply for new birth certificates inorder to acquire identity cards; and
3. i) those with short birth certificates who are having difficulties in getting long birth certificates as these are only being processed in Harare.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday 10^th February]

 

*20.     HON. CHIMBETETE: To ask the Co-Ministers of Home Affairs to inform the House what the police are doing to enforce the High Court ruling regarding the dispute in the Anglican Church between Harare Diocese and Manicaland Province.

 

*21.     HON. F. M. SIBANDA: To ask the Co-Ministers of Home Affairs to state:

1. i) when the Ministry is going to construct a permanent Police Station in Magwegwe Constituency since the present temporary structure is dilapidated and inconsistent with the Police Charter and the Zimbabwe

Republic Police (ZRP) image; and ii)          the outcome of talks between the Ministry and Bulawayo City Council in acquiring suitable land to build a permanent police station in Magwegwe Constituency.

 

*22.     HON. F. M. SIBANDA: To ask the Co-Ministers of Home Affairs to explain:

• why the police post housed at St Pauls Hospital, reporting to Z.R.PLupane District Head Office, is brutalizing the locals for trivial and domestic disputes which are normally handled by either the headmen or chiefs or courts of law;

1. why the Ministry is not investigating and opening a docket for a police detail at the same post, going by the name “Makado” who transferred from Mtupane Police Post, Gwampu area after murdering a suspect;
2. why the entire police force, both at the said police post and Lupane, is silent on these inhumane and unprofessional behaviour by some police officers at that post;
3. why the police officers under the leadership of “Makado” are demanding either cash or livestock from the „so called‟ accused in order to avoid severe beating; and

• the Ministry‟s policy on errant and rogue police officers to avoid tarnishing the Zimbabwe Republic Police‟s (ZRP) image.

 

*23.     HON. F. M. SIBANDA: To ask the Co-Ministers of Home Affairs to confirm to this House whether the following villagers were the victims of the police brutality since the deployment of “Makodo” from June 2009 to-date:

1. i) Melusi Mpofu (69 years) a former headmaster of Gobhi Primary

School, Lupane; ii) Mbulawa Ncube of Ndawana Area, Lupane;

iii)      Mlamuli Khumalo (33 years) from Mazankila village, Lupane; iv)     Mathole Ndlovu of Mavikeni village, Lupane; v)       Thulani Mpala of Malungu village, Lupane;

1. Bhatani Dube, son who died from injuries inflicted by “Makado” and later secretly buried in the same village of St Pauls Area; and

• Magwadi kraal head, grandson Mabanzi of St Pauls area was brutalized by the same “Makodo”.

 

*24.    HON. MAKAMURE: To ask the Co-Ministers of Home Affairs to explain why the Zimbabwe Republic Police is demanding fuel and money for car services rendered to people involved in accidents and other emergencies.

 

*25.     HON. S. L. MUSHONGA: To ask the Minister of Health and Child Welfare to explain:

1. i) why Howard Hospital in Mazowe Central has virtually become a referral hospital for patients from Harare and whether the Ministry is

	aware that as a result of the dollarisation of the currency these urban patients are literally elbowing out rural people who cannot afford to pay US$10 to get a medical card; ii)       whether the Ministry is aware that the donor funded distribution of ARVs and ancillary drugs to people living with HIV and AIDS is inadequate at Howard Hospital resulting in patients going for months without the life prolonging drugs; and iii)         when Rosa Government Hospital in Mazowe Central would be accorded the referral status in order for it to distribute the life prolonging drugs in view of its central location, accessibility and less congested as people from Harare do not overcrowd it. [Deferred from Wednesday 10th February]
*26.	HON. SANSOLE: To ask the Minister of Health and Child Welfare to inform the House when the designated Hwange District Hospital at “Five Miles” would be completed and to state when clinics at Milonga, Sidinda and Songwa would be fully equipped and operational. [Deferred from Wednesday 10th February]
*27.	HON. GARADHI: To ask the Minister of Health and Child Welfare to inform the House: i)                if he is aware that two doctors at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital are using government facility for their private patients e.g Doctor Mvurume is conducting operations using government facility for personal gain; and ii)              if it is allowed for doctors to charge 3 beasts for service when a patient wants treatment at the government hospital he refers patients to his surgery and charge them 3 beasts for treatment. [Deferred from Wednesday 10th February]
*28.	HON. SARUWAKA: To ask the Minister of Health and Child Welfare why his Ministry is not reinstating Mr. Cleopas Njopera as driver in compliance with the determination and directive by the Labour Court LC/MC/32/06 on 13 May 2009. [Deferred from Wednesday 10th February]
*29.	HON. VARANDENI: To ask the Minister of Health and Child Welfare to inform the House what they are doing with to the shortage of malaria tablets Quartementher and BCG for children in clinics mostly in Bikita South Constituency.

[Deferred from Wednesday, 17^th March]

 

*30.     HON. NYAMUDEZA: To ask the Minister of Health and Child Welfare to inform the House:

• why some members of staff at Chipinge Hospital who unearthed corrupt practices by the Administration Staff are being called for disciplinary hearings while the suspected corrupt staff are going scotfree;
• why some of the suspected corrupt staff were transferred and whether members of the staff have a right to refuse to be transferred; and
• why the members of staff at Chipinge Hospital went on strike twice last year.

 

*31.     HON. MHANDU: To ask the Minister of Health and Child Welfare to inform the

House:

1. whether it is legal for any medical aid society to force renal patients to go to health institutions that it has invested in for dialysis treatment or sessions when there are other alternative health institutions;
2. whether it is in line with Government Policy for medical aid society to prescribe where clients should go for treatment in spite of the fact that the medical aid contract does not state so and if the client has any choice; and

• whether it is proper for any medical aid to be involved in the provision of Medical Services, by sending clients/patients to specific institutions or doctors even if the patient does not desire to be treated by those institutions.

 

 

*32.   HON. F. M. SIBANDA: To ask the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture           to state:

1. i) the 2009 grade 7 pass rate in rural and urban schools separately; ii) the 2009 „O‟ and „A‟ level pass rate for rural and urban schools separately;

• the strategy the Ministry is going to use to improve the Grade 7 (2009) pass rate in rural schools; and

1. the cause of the appalling failure rate of rural pupils visa-viz previous years.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday, 17^th March]

 

*33.    HON. F. M. SIBANDA: To ask the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture to give a comparative analysis of the ZIMSEC and Cambridge „O‟ and „A‟ level 2009 pass rates to determine whether there are any significant disparities or whether ZIMSEC examinations are tougher than Cambridge examinations or vise versa.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday, 17^th March]

 

*34.      HON. MANGAMI: To ask the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture to             state:

1. whether the Ministry has re-appointed and paid all the teachers who resigned and then re-applied to join the Ministry;
2. the number of teachers who are still waiting for re-appointment and whether there are challenges in effecting the reappointing; and

• how the Ministry intends to achieve one of Zimbabwe‟s Millennium Development Goals which is free and compulsory education when high fees and teachers‟ incentives are the order of the day.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday, 17^th March]

 

*35.    HON. CHIMBETETE: To ask the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture            to inform the House the Ministry‟s policy regarding the length of period a            Headmaster/Headmistress should be stationed at any given school.

 

*36.   HON. VARANDENI: To ask the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture to           explain:

1. why there are incentives for teachers only and not for other employees in the Ministry; and
2. whether he is aware that parents are struggling to raise money for schools let alone the incentives.

 

*37.	HON. F.M. SIBANDA: To ask the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education to state: i)         the number of students who have been selected and benefited to study at Fort Hare and other Universities in South Africa since the inception of the Presidential Scholarship Programme to South Africa; ii)      how many students per Province of Zimbabwe benefited; iii)             the selection criteria since inception to date; iv)             the status of 2009-2010 applicants to the same universities in South Africa; v)               the Minister's response that the selection of would be beneficiaries of the said programme is undemocratic and biased against students/applicants from other Provinces; and vi)     the condition of the welfare and privileges of Freedom of Association of the students in the said Universities that is in political terms. [Deferred from Wednesday 10th February]
*38.	HON. MUCHAURAYA: To ask the Minister of Media, Information and Publicity whether there is any political will on the part of government to free the airwaves from the ZBH monopoly and if so how this has been demonstrated. [Deferred from Wednesday 10th February]
*39.	HON. MUTSEYAMI: To ask the Minister of Media, Information and Publicity to      explain the scientific formulae that is used in determining broadcasting licensing fees and why do we study the licensing regime elsewhere in the region. [Deferred from Wednesday 3rd March]
*40.	HON. GARADHI: To ask the Minister of Media, Information and Publicity to     explain why ZBC always reports negatively about the Prime Minister, a case in point being on 1 December where the Hon. Prime Minister delivered a good speech in the House which was welcomed by all legislators including ZANU PF, but when it came to ZBC, the Prime Minister was castigated for his speech. [Deferred from Wednesday 3rd March]
*41.	HON. S. L. MUSHONGA: To ask the Minister of State for State Security in the President‟s Office to inform the House: i)                whether it is government policy for members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) to join political parties and hold provincial party positions whilst still in active service of the state; and ii)              whether the Minister is aware that the Deputy Director, Elias Kanengoni -Special Projects in the CIO, holds a provincial party position in ZANU PF Mashonaland Province and if so, what action the Ministry is going to take in order to make sure that the civil service remains apolitical and professional.   [Deferred from Wednesday 10th February]
*42.	HON. BEREMAURO: To ask the Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlements to inform the House why the Ministry issued an offer letter for Rydings School

of Karoi in favour of Gerald Mlotshwa when the District Land Committee, Provincial Land Committee and the late Vice president Msika had recommended that the offer letter be issued to Rydings School Parent Association.

	[Deferred from Wednesday 10th February]
*43.	HON. VARANDENI: To ask the Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlement to inform the House why new farmers were not given virgin land instead of taking land from productive farmers. [Transferred Wednesday 3rd March]
*44.	HON. GARADHI: To ask the Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment if he is aware that young people are being trained country wide especially in Chinhoyi at Chemagamba Police Station and to explain the kind of training those youths are being subjected to.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday 10^th February]

 

*45.     HON. DUMBU: To ask the Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and             Empowerment to explain to the House:

1. i) the extent to which the discharge of irregularly engaged employees has affected the operating of the Ministry following the completion of

Public Service Audit; and ii) the measures the Ministry is putting in place to ensure that in future employee are engaged in line with the Public Service Procedures.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday, 17^th March]

 

*46.     HON. GARADHI: To ask the Minister of Energy and Power Development to explain why load shedding is getting worse in Chinhoyi with some sections of the town going for more than 5 days without electricity.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday, 17^th March]

 

*47.     HON. S.S. KHUMALO: To ask the Minister of Energy and Power Development             to state:

1. the Ministry‟s position regarding ZESA‟s actions in forcing un-metred clients to pay bills in full yet there would be receiving no electricity due to load shedding; and
2. the Ministry‟s position on the high electricity tariff rates which are unaffordable to many Zimbabweans considering their meager incomes.

 

*48.     HON. MUTSEYAMI: To ask the Minister of Mines and Mining Development to explain:

1. i) the Ministry's position with regards to the export of scrap copper; ii) why the Ministry allows the export of copper scrap in view of the fact that Zimbabwe has not mined copper ever since the closure of

Mhangura Copper Mine; and iii)      whether the issuing of copper export permit does not directly promote vandalism of copper based infrastructure belonging to NRZ, ZESA, TELONE etc.

 

[Transferred Wednesday 10^th February]

 

*49.    HON. MADZIMURE: To ask the Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion to inform the House:

1. i) the major contributory factors to the collapse of the economy in the last

10 years up to January 2009; ii)        why and how the economy has started to improve for the benefit of Zimbabweans in spite of the existence of restrictive measures.

 

[Deferred from Wednesday, 17^th March]

 

*50.     HON. F. M. SIBANDA: To ask the Minister of Public Service to state:

1. whether it is procedural and acceptable that top parliamentary officials or employees attend political congresses and party functions; and
2. whether this does not compromise their non-partisan stance and professional high standing among competing parties represented in the August House.

[Deferred from Wednesday, 17^th March]

 

 

ORDERS OF THE DAY AND NOTICES OF MOTION

 

1. HON. BHASIKITI

HON. MATIENGA

 

That this House:-

 

EXPRESSING solidarity with the Republic of South Africa on the privilege of hosting the FIFA 2010 World Cup, an honour that comes to us in 2010 and according to FIFA it comes once again to Africa in 2034 and, is therefore, a generational event that is celebrated by South Africa as a platform and Africa as the theatre;

 

FURTHER EXPRESSING solidarity with the vision of the AU as an intergovernmental forum for continental integration in actively involving itself in efforts of ensuring that the 2010 World Cup legacy agenda is owned continent wide;

 

NOTING that the AU has been consistent in its solidarity with South Africa in ensuring its state of preparedness to deliver the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Africa and that Zimbabwe as a member of the AU has developed national strategies to support its neighbour in the event;

 

FURTHER NOTING that it is less than 100 days before the commencement of the mega event on 11 June in South Africa;

 

DISTURBED by the lack of financial resources necessary for building a country-based coalition to the implementation of the 2010World Cup legacy;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, this House, calls upon

1. The government of Zimbabwe to appropriate the necessary resources

to help in that event;

1. The host country to fulfill its undertaking to make continental legacy projects and;
2. Non-State actors including the private sector to involve themselves as part of their cooperative social responsibility.

 

 

2. Adjourn debate on motion on the Second Reading on the Public Order and Security Amendment Bill [H.B. 11, 2009] (Adjourned 17^th March, 2010 – Gonese).

 

            Question proposed:  That the Public Order and Security Amendment Bill [H.B. 11, 2009] be now read a second time – Hon. Gonese.

 

3. Adjourn debate on motion on the First Report of the Portfolio Committee on State Enterprises and Parastatals Management (Adjourned 17^th March, 2010 – The Minister of State Enterprises and Parastatals.

             

            Question proposed:  That this House takes note of the First Report of the Portfolio Committee on State Enterprises and Parastatals Management on Industrial Development in Harare and Chitungwiza (S.C. 5, 2010).

 

4. Adjourned debate on motion on the death of the Vice President of Zimbabwe Hon Joseph Wilfred Msika (Adjourned 4^th March, 2010- The Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Prof. Mutambara).

 

[Days elapsed: 3]

 

Question proposed: That this House expresses its sorrow on the death on

Wednesday 5 August 2009 of the Vice President of Zimbabwe Hon. Joseph Wilfred Msika;

 

NOTES with pride the sterling role he personally played in the liberation of Zimbabwe;

 

APPRECIATES with profound gratitude the patriotism he rendered in bringing unity, tranquility and progressiveness among the people of Zimbabwe,

 

APPLAUDS his selfless dedication to ensure a better and prosperous Zimbabwe; and

 

RESOLVES that its deepest sympathy be conveyed to the Nation and to the family of our deceased hero – Hon. Chirongwe.

 

5. Adjourned debate on motion on the death of the National Hero, Senator Richard Chemist Hove (Adjourned 4^th March, 2010-The Minister of State in

Vice President Mujuru’s Office).

 

[Days elapsed: 4]

 

Question proposed: That this House expresses its sympathies on the untimely death of the National Hero, Senator Richard Chemist Hove on 22^nd August 2009 and resolves that its condolences be conveyed to the family of the late Hon Senator- Hon Ziyambi.

 

6. Adjourned debate on motion on the violence that took place after the March 29, 2008 elections (Adjourned 17^th March, 2010 – Gonese).

 

[Days elapsed: 2]        Question proposed:  That this House-

 

COMMENDING the people of Zimbabwe on a fairly decent election on 29 March 2008.

 

CONCERNED by reports of alleged levels of murder, torture, rape, arson and looting that took place after the harmonized elections of 29 March 2008.

 

FURTHER CONCERNED by the levels of lawlessness, abuse of the rule of law and abuse of state institutions in this violence.

 

NOW THEREFORE, THIS HOUSE RESOLVES THAT:

A Select Committee of the House be appointed to investigate the violence that took place after the March 29 elections and report its findings to Parliament – Hon. Gonese.

 

7. Adjourned debate on motion on the First Report of the Portfolio Committee on

Health and Child Welfare on Drugs and Medicines (S.C.3, 2009) (Adjourned 17^th March, 2010 – The Minister of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs).

 

 [Days elapsed:  2]

 

Question proposed:  That this House takes note of the First Report of the Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Welfare on Drugs and Medicines (S.C.3, 2009) – Hon. Dr. Parirenyatwa.

 

8. Adjourned debate on motion on the Second Report of the Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Welfare on Health Care Financing (S.C.2, 2010). (Adjourned 17^th March, 2010 – The Minister of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs).

 

[Days elapsed: 2]

 

Question proposed:  That this House takes note of the Second Report of the Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Welfare on Health Care Financing (S.C.2, 2010) – Hon. Dr. Parirenyatwa.

 

9. Adjourned debate on motion on the Report of the Delegation to Reproductive Health Commodity Security (RHCS) Advocacy Capacity Workshop (Adjourned 3^rd March, 2010 –The Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Prof. Mutambara).

 

[Days elapsed: 2]

 

Question proposed:  That this House takes note of the Report of the

Delegation to Reproductive Health Commodity Security (RHCS) Advocacy Capacity Workshop for Anglophone African Women Parliamentarians mobilized to reduce Maternal Mortality held on 22^nd to 27^th November 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa- Hon. Chikava.

 

10. Adjourned debate on motion on the need for government to support farmers with agricultural inputs and irrigation facilities to alleviate poverty (Adjourned 3^rd March, 2010-The Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Prof. Mutambara.).

 

[Days elapsed: 2]

 

Question proposed: That this House-

 

CONCERNED by the perennial droughts experienced during the past few   years;

 

        NOTING government‟s efforts to support farmers through the provision of            inputs;

 

AWARE that the alleviation of poverty remains as a priority in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals; and

         FURTHER noting the late disbursement of inputs.

 

               NOW, THEREFORE, this House calls for:

1. Timeous disbursements of inputs to farmers
2. Establishment of irrigation schemes in all districts- Goto.

 

11. Adjourned debate on motion on the First Report of the Portfolio Committee on

Higher Education, Science and Technology on the Status of the University of Zimbabwe (Adjourned 4^th February, 2010 –The Minister of State Enterprises and Parastatals).

 

[Day elapsed: 1]

 

          Question Proposed: That this House takes note of the First Report of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Technology on the Status of the University of Zimbabwe (S.C. 1, 2010) - Hon. S. Ncube

12. Adjourned debate on motion on the Second Report of the Committee on Public Accounts on the Special Report of the Comptroller and AuditorGeneral for the First Quarter of the 2009 Financial Year (S.C. 3, 2010) (Adjourned 4^th February, 2010 –The Deputy Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment).

[Day elapsed: 1]

 

Question Proposed: That this House takes note of the Second Report of the Committee on Public Accounts on the Special Report of the Comptroller and Auditor-General for the First Quarter of the 2009 Financial Year (S.C. 3, 2010) - Hon. Mashakada.

 

13. Adjourned debate on motion on the report of the SADC PF Observer Mission to the Botswana Elections (Adjourned 2^nd February - The Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Khupe)

 

[Days elapsed: 5]

 

Question proposed:  That this House takes note of the report of the Observer Mission to Botswana on the SADC Parliamentary Forum Interim Statement regarding the Botswana General Elections held on 16^th October 2009- Hon Mungofa.

 

14. Adjourned debate on motion on the importance of an accurate voters roll

(Adjourned 1^st December, 2009-The Minister of State in Vice President Mujuru’s Office) 

 

[Days elapsed: 3]       Question proposed:  That this House-

 

NOTING that an accurate voters roll is central and key to a credible electoral process;

 

ALARMED by the chaotic state of the voters roll in Zimbabwe as evidenced by the presence of names of deceased persons, geriatrics over 100 years old, multiple entries and a multitude of general inaccuracies;

 

CONCERNED that little action has been taken to correct the situation despite several calls to do so from various quarters;

 

CONVINCED that an audit of the voters roll is urgent and necessary to ensure that future elections are credible;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, this House calls upon the inclusive government to immediately carry out a comprehensive audit of the voters roll to rid it of all inaccuracies and irregularities- Hon Matutu.

 

15. THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER HON. KHUPE

 

That this House takes note of the National Women‟s Economic Development (WED) Plan whose aim is to facilitate women‟s full participation in the restoration and transformation of capacities for suitable economic growth and development in Zimbabwe.  The WED Plan is inspired and guided by the already existing National Gender Policy and the National Gender Implementation Work Strategy of 2008.

 

16. Adjourned debate on motion in reply to the Presidential Speech (Adjourned

17^th March, 2010 – Hon. Gonese)

 

[Time elapsed: 4 hours 20 minutes]

 

Question proposed:  That a respectful Address be presented to the President of Zimbabwe as follows-

 

May, it please you, Your Excellency, the President:

 

We, the Members of Parliament of Zimbabwe, desire to express our loyalty to Zimbabwe and beg leave to offer our respectful thanks for the speech, which you have been pleased to address to Parliament – Hon. Nyamupinga.

 

17. COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY

 

 

 

MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES

 

Monday, 22^nd March, 2010

 

At 1000 hours in Committee Room No. 4

 

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS:  Hon. Mashakada (Chairperson), Hon. Bhasikiti, Hon. Chikava, Hon. Hove, Hon. Mangena, Hon. Matiza, Hon. Mbwembwe, Hon. Moyo S, Hon. Muguti, Hon. Musundire, Hon. Sai, Hon. Sululu, Clerk – Mrs Nyawo.

 

At 1400 hours in Committee Room No. 1

 

PUBLIC SERVICE, LABOUR AND SOCIAL WELFARE:  Hon. Zinyemba

(Chairperson), Hon. Chibaya, Hon. Chimanikire, Hon. Chirongwe, Hon. Chivamba, Hon. Goto, Hon. Khumalo T, Hon. Khumalo S.S, Hon. Mudau, Hon. Sai, Hon.

Sibanda F.M. Clerk – Ms Mushunje.

 

 

At 1400 hours in Committee Room No. 4

 

BUDGET, FINANCE AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION:  Hon. Hon. Zhanda

(Chairperson), Beremauro, Hon. Chinyadza, Hon. Cross, Hon M. Dube, Hon.

Kanzama, Hon. Khumalo Martin, Hon. Mashakada, Hon. Matshalaga, Hon. Muguti, Hon. Mukanduri, Hon. Ndava, Hon. Nyaude, Hon. Saruwaka, Hon. Sibanda, Clerk – Mr. Ratsakatika.

 

At 1400 hours in Committee Room No. 311

 

PUBLIC WORKS AND NATIONAL HOUSING:  Hon. Mupukuta (Chairperson) Hon. Chimhini, Hon. Chirume, Hon. Chimbetete, Hon. Jiri, Hon. Kachepa, Hon. Mabhena, Hon. Mbwembwe, Hon. Mudzuri H, Hon. Mupukuta, Hon. Ndambakuwa, Hon. Ndebele G, Hon. Ngwenya, Hon. Shirichena, Hon. Sindi, Clerk – Mr Mazani.

 

 

Tuesday, 23^rd March 2010

 

At 1000 hours in Senate Chamber

 

MINES AND ENERGY:  Hon. Chindori-Chininga (Chairperson), Hon. Dube P, Hon.

Dzingirayi, Hon. Katsande, Hon. Kay, Hon. Haritatos, Hon. Makamure, Hon. Maposhere, Hon. Mare, Hon. Marima, Hon. Mudarikwa, Hon. Mudiwa, Hon. Mungofa, Hon. Munjeyi, Hon Munengami, Hon. Musvaire, Hon. Muza, Hon. Navaya, Hon. Nemadziva, Hon. Shoko H.  Clerk-Mr. Manhivi.

 

At 1000 hours in Committee Room No. 2

 

STATE ENTERPRISES AND PARASTATALS MANAGEMENT:  Hon. Mavima

(Chairperson), Hon. Chikwinya, Hon. Denga, Hon. Kagurabadza, Hon. Matibe, Hon. Mavima, Hon. Maramba, Hon. Mlilo, Hon. Mkhosi E, Hon. Mushore, Hon. Ndava, Hon. Ngwenya, Hon. Ziteya, Hon. Ziyambi. Clerk – Ms Mukono.

 

At 1000 hours in Committee Room 311

 

INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE: Hon. Mutomba (Chairperson), Hon. Chihota, Hon. Chinyadza, Hon. Dube C, Hon. Dube P, Hon. Hove, Hon. Kanzama, Hon. Madubeko, Hon. Matshalaga, Hon. Madzimure, Hon. Masukume, Hon. Mavima, Hon. Mharadza, Hon. Nyaude, Hon. Sansole, Hon. Sithole, Clerk – Mr. Ratsakatika.