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SENATE VOTES 27 SEPTEMBER 2022 NO 69
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No. 69
PARLIAMENT
OF
ZIMBABWE
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VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE
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FOURTH SESSION – NINTH PARLIAMENT
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TUESDAY, 27TH SEPTEMBER, 2022
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Half past two o’clock p.m.
The President of the Senate in the Chair.
Prayers.
Members Present
Baipai E
Bungu W
Bwawanda R
Chauke F
Chengeta S
Chezha C
Chifamba J
Chigwajara C
Chikukwa L
Chimbudzi A
Chimutengwende C. C.
Chinake V
Chirongoma J M
Chisorochengwe T
Denga P
Dube A
Dube S
Gumpo S
Gweshe K
Hungwe J D
Hungwe S O
Kambizi E
Khumalo M
Khumalo M N
Komichi M
Mabika D
Makone T M
Maluleke O M
Manyau N
Mapungwana A
Mathuthu T
Matiirira A
Mavetera T
Mavhunga M
Mbasera A
Mbohwa M
Mkhwebu A
Mkwananzi Z N
Moeketsi V
Mohadi T
Moyo G
Mpofu B.
Mpofu S
Mudzuri E
Munzverengwi A
Mupfumira P
Muronzi M
Muzenda V T
Mtshane L K
Mwonzora T D
Ndiweni V
Ndlovu C
Ndlovu D M
Nembire C
Nkomo N
Ntabeni M
Nyambuya M R
Parirenyatwa D P
Pasipamire P
Phugeni K
Rwambiwa E
Sekeramayi S T
Shumba C
Siatabwa N
Tongogara A K
Tsomondo B
In attendance in terms of section 138(2) and (3) and section 104(3) of the Constitution
Hon. Chiduwa C.
Printed by Order of the Senate
Absent with leave
- Bill received from the National Assembly—
Date introduced
Finance Bill (H.B. 9B, 2022)…………………………………27th September, 2022
Recommital, forthwith.
- Recommittal: Finance Bill, (H. B. 9B, 2022) – The Minister of Finance and
Economic Development
(Clauses 2 and 3 under consideration)
(House in Committee)
Amendments proposed by the National Assembly in Clauses 2 and 3, put and agreed
to.
Bill to be reported without amendments.
(House resumed)
Bill reported without amendments.
Third Reading, forthwith.
Bill read a third time.
- Sen. Mathuthu, seconded by Hon. Sen. Chirongoma, moved: That Notice of
Motion No. 1, for today, stands over until Order No. 8, has been disposed of.
Motion put and agreed to.
- Sen. Manyau, seconded by Hon. Sen. G. Moyo, moved: That Notice of
Motion No. 2, for today, stands over until Order No. 8, has been disposed of.
Motion put and agreed to.
- Hon. Sen. Chief Nechombo, seconded by Hon. Sen. Chinake, moved: That this House
takes note of the Report of the Delegation to the 7th Annual General Meeting of the
African Parliamentarians’ Network on Development Evaluation held from 1st to 3rd
August, 2022 in Rabat, the Kingdom of Morocco.
On the motion of Hon. Sen. Chief Nechombo, seconded by Hon. Chirongoma: Debate
adjourned until tomorrow.
- Hon. Sen. Dr. Parirenyatwa, seconded by Hon. Sen. Chief Ngungumbane, moved: That
this House takes note of the Fourth Report of the Thematic Committee on Peace and
Security on the Benchmarking Visit to the Parliament of Rwanda on the 20th to 25th
February 2022.
On the motion of Hon. Sen. Parirenyatwa, seconded by Hon. Sen. Ngungumbane: Debate adjourned until tomorrow.
- Adjourned debate on motion on the Report of the 51st Plenary of the SADC Parliamentary Forum (Adjourned 7th September, 2022- Hon. Sen. Mohadi)
[Days elapsed: 2]
Question again proposed: That this House takes note of the Report of the 51st Plenary of the SADC Parliamentary Forum – Hon. Sen. Mohadi
On the motion of Hon. Sen. Mathuthu, seconded by Hon. Sen. S. Mpofu: Debate adjourned until tomorrow.
- Adjourned debate on motion on the Report of the Delegation to the United Nations
Office of Counter Terrorism High Level Conference on Parliamentary Support to victims of terrorism (Adjourned 7th September, 2022- Hon. Sen. Parirenyatwa)
[Days elapsed: 2]
Question again proposed: That this House takes note of the Delegation to the United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism High Level Conference on Parliamentary Support to victims of terrorism held at Palazzo Montecitorio-Nuova Aula Dei Gruppi Parliamentari Rome, Italy from 7 to 8 June 2022 – Hon. Sen. Dr. Parirenyatwa
On the motion of Hon. Sen. Dr. Parirenyatwa, seconded by Hon. Sen. Chirongoma: Debate adjourned until tomorrow.
- Adjourned debate on motion on the need for government to provide adequate funds for the completion of dam projects (Adjourned 7th September, 2022- Hon. Sen. Mabika)
[Days elapsed: 14]
Question again proposed: NOTING with admiration that dams are an essential
component/driver for economic development;
APPLAUDING the Government for the momentum gained towards changing people’s economic status, through the provision of opportunities in farming and increased access to potable water by encouraging construction of water bodies
CONCERNED at the low pace in completion of national dams which have the potential to transform people’s livelihoods countrywide;
FURTHER CONCERNED that some uncompleted dams may end up as white elephants thereby disadvantaging some communities in terms of economic empowerment;
NOW THEREFORE calls upon the government to provide adequate funds for the completion of all outstanding dam construction projects countrywide, among them Mirror Dam in Chipinge. - Hon. Sen. Mabika
On the motion of Hon. Sen. Mathuthu, seconded by Hon. Sen. Nkomo: Debate adjourned until tomorrow.
- On the motion of Hon. Sen. Mathuthu, seconded by Hon. Sen. Tongogara: The House
adjourned at four o’clock pm.
HON. M.M. CHINOMONA,
President of the Senate.
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WEDNESDAY, 28TH SEPTEMBER, 2022
ORDERS OF THE DAY AND NOTICES OF MOTIONS
- 1. The Minister of Justice, Legal And Parliamentary Affairs
[Days elapsed: 16]
That this House takes note of the Report of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for
the year 2021, presented to this House of Parliament in terms of section 323 (1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
- Hon. Sen. Manyau
Hon. Sen. T. Moyo
[Days elapsed: 9]
That this House –
EXPRESSES its profound sorrow on the passing on of the late Member of the Senate
representing Disabled Persons, Hon. Watson Khupe on Saturday, 16 July 2022;
PLACES on record its appreciation for the services which the late Hon. Senator
rendered to Parliament and the Nation at large;
RESOLVES that its profound sympathies be conveyed to the Khupe family, relatives and the entire Nation for the loss of the Hon. Senator.
- Adjourned debate on motion on the Report of the Delegation to the 7th Annual General Meeting of the African Parliamentarians’ Network on Development Evaluation (Adjourned 27th September, 2022- Hon. Sen. Chief Nechombo)
[Day elapsed: 1]
That this House takes note of the Report of the Delegation to the 7th Annual General Meeting of the African Parliamentarians’ Network on Development Evaluation held from 1st to 3rd August, 2022 in Rabat, the Kingdom of Morocco – (Hon. Sen Chief Nechombo)
- Adjourned debate on the motion on the Fourth Report of the Thematic Committee on
Peace and Security on the Benchmarking Visit to the Parliament of Rwanda (Adjourned 27th September, 2022- Hon. Sen. Dr. Parirenyatwa)
[Day elapsed: 1]
That this House takes note of the Fourth Report of the Thematic Committee on Peace and Security on the Benchmarking Visit to the Parliament of Rwanda on the 20th to 25th February 2022 – Hon. Sen. Dr. Parirenyatwa.
- Adjourned debate on motion on the Report of the 51st Plenary of the SADC
Parliamentary Forum (Adjourned 27th September, 2022- Hon. Sen. Mathuthu)
[Days elapsed: 3]
Question proposed: That this House takes note of the Report of the 51st Plenary of the SADC Parliamentary Forum – Hon. Sen. Mohadi
- Adjourned debate on motion on the Report of the Delegation to the United Nations
Office of Counter Terrorism High Level Conference on Parliamentary Support to victims of terrorism (Adjourned 27th September, 2022- Hon. Sen. Dr. Parirenyatwa)
[Days elapsed: 3]
Question proposed: That this House takes note of the Delegation to the United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism High Level Conference on Parliamentary Support to victims of terrorism held at Palazzo Montecitorio-Nuova Aula Dei Gruppi Parliamentari Rome, Italy from 7 to 8 June 2022 – Hon. Sen. Dr. Parirenyatwa
- Adjourned debate on motion on the need for government to provide adequate funds for the completion of dam projects (Adjourned 27th September, 2022- Hon. Sen. Mathuthu)
[Days elapsed: 15]
Question proposed: NOTING with admiration that dams are an essential
component/driver for economic development;
APPLAUDING the Government for the momentum gained towards changing people’s economic status, through the provision of opportunities in farming and increased access to potable water by encouraging construction of water bodies
CONCERNED at the low pace in completion of national dams which have the potential to transform people’s livelihoods countrywide;
FURTHER CONCERNED that some uncompleted dams may end up as white elephants thereby disadvantaging some communities in terms of economic empowerment;
NOW THEREFORE calls upon the government to provide adequate funds for the completion of all outstanding dam construction projects countrywide, among them Mirror Dam in Chipinge. - Hon. Sen. Mabika
- 8. Adjourned debate on the motion on vulnerable children living in the streets (Adjourned 7th September, 2022- Sen. S. Mpofu)
[Days elapsed: 18]
Question proposed: That:
RECOGNISING Government’s mantra of leaving no one behind as envisaged in vision 2030.
ACKNOWLEDGING that institutional care and social protection programmes instituted by Government and Development Partners to promote livelihoods of vulnerable children who are living on the street.
CONCERNED at the ever-increasing numbers of such children in the Harare Central Business District (CBD) and other cities around the country, a situation which violates Children’s rights to essential services such as education, health, safety, shelter and protection in general, as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of Children and the Constitution.
FURTHER CONCERNED that life in the streets exposes children to sexual exploitations, drug abuse, physical, emotional, and psychological abuses, which are detrimental to their general welfare and productive livelihood.
CALLS UPON this House to implore Government to
- ensure that, the Ministry of Public Service Labor and Social Welfare, assesses the root causes and addresses specific needs of such children so that they do not continue to live in the streets.
- sensitize communities on responsible parenting that embraces a receptive culture towards children living in the streets and ensure that they do not reconsider living in the street being provided better places to live – Hon. S. Mpofu.
THURSDAY, 29TH SEPTEMBER, 2022
QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
* QUESTIONS WITH NOTICE
*1. Hon. Sen. Chimbudzi: To ask the Minister of Industry and Commerce to inform the
House whether or not foreigners in business contribute to the National fiscus.
[Deferred 11th November 2021]
*2. Hon. Sen. Chimbudzi: To ask the Minister of Industry and Commerce to inform the
House, the plans being put in place to address the high pricing of commodities by
business communities.
[Deferred 17th March 2022]