-
When
the
National
Assembly
and
the
Senate
adjourn,
they
set
down
all
outstanding
business
on
their
Order
Papers
(i.e.
their
agendas)
for
the
next
appropriate
sitting
day.
There
is
usually
too
much
to
be
covered
in
one
day
so
whatever
is
not
dealt
with
is
postponed
to
the
next
appropriate
day. -
Both
Houses
of
Parliament
can
change
the
order
in
which
they
consider
business.
THE
NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY
Tuesday
3rd
March
Bills
to
be
dealt
with:
The
Assembly
is
expected
to
deal
with
the
following
Bills:
-
Climate
Change
Management
Bill [link]
This
Bill
is
due
to
begin
its
Second
Reading
-
Public
Procurement
and
Disposal
of
Public
Assets
Amendment
Bill [link]
The
Second
Reading
of
this
Bill
is
due
to
continue
-
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
Bill [link]
This
Bill
is
due
to
begin
its
Committee
Stage
-
State
Service
(Pensions)
Bill [link]
Consideration
of
the
Parliamentary
Legal
Committee’s
adverse
report
on
this
Bill [link] will
continue.
-
Mines
and
Minerals
Bill [link]
The
Assembly
is
also
due
to
continue
its
consideration
of
the
PLC’s
adverse
report
on
this
Bill [link].
-
Public
Service
Amendment
Bill [link]
Consideration
of
the
PLC’s
adverse
report
on
this
Bill
will
continue.
Reports
of
constitutional
commissions
to
be
considered
The
Assembly
will
be
asked
to
consider:
-
Report
by
the
Zimbabwe
Electoral
Commission
[ZEC]
on
by-elections
held
in
June,
August,
September
and
October
2025 -
2024
report
of
the
Zimbabwe
Gender
Commission -
2024
report
of
the
Zimbabwe
Anti-Corruption
Commission
Reports
of
parliamentary
committees
The
Assembly
will
deal
with
reports
on
the
following
topics:
-
Adverse
reports
by
the
PLC
on
the
constitutionality
of
various
local
authority
by-laws
and
statutory
instruments -
Operations
of
the
Zimbabwe
Women’s
Microfinance
Bank -
2023
financial
statements
of
the
National
Handling
Services -
2023
financial
statements
of
Agricultural
and
Rural
Development
Authority -
2023
financial
statements
of
the
Grain
Marketing
Board -
2023
financial
statements
of
Air
Zimbabwe -
Access
to
mining
by
women,
youths
and
persons
with
disabilities -
2024
fourth
quarter
Budget
Performance
Report
of
the
Ministry
of
Information,
Publicity
and
Broadcasting
Services -
Projects
implemented
by
the
Lotteries
and
Gaming
Board
as
part
of
its
corporate
social
responsibility -
2022
appropriation
and
fund
accounts
of
the
Ministry
of
Finance,
Economic
Development
and
Investment
Promotion -
The
state
of
vocational
training
centres -
The
2024
fourth
quarter
Budget
Performance
Reports
of
the
Ministries
of
Public
Service,
Labour
and
Social
Welfare
and
Skills
Audit
and
Development
International
agreements
to
be
approved
The
Assembly
will
be
asked
to
approve:
-
Treaty
on
Mutual
Legal
Assistance
in
Criminal
Matters
with
the
People’s
Republic
of
China
Petitions
received
The
Assembly
will
debate
a
report
on
the
following
petition:
-
Petition
on
community
care-givers
Motions
on
the
National
Assembly
order
paper
Motions
set
to
be
debated
by
the
Assembly
will
include
the
following
topics:
-
Use
of
AI
in
short-listing
and
choosing
student
nurses
and
teachers -
Use
of
AI
in
government
tenders
to
select
successful
bidders -
The
establishment
of
succession
rules
and
procedures
for
chiefs -
Measures
to
suppress
and
prosecute
machete
gangs -
Quotas
for
local
players
in
all
Premier
Soccer
League
clubs -
Review
and
reform
of
the
employment
tax
[PAYE]
tax
brackets -
The
erection
of
public
galleries
and
statues
to
preserve
Zimbabwe’s
cultural
heritage
Wednesday
4th
March
Note:
On
Wednesdays,
questions
and
other
private
members’
business
have
precedence
over
government
business.
Questions
set
down
for
answer
Among questions set
down
for
Ministers
to
answer
in
the
National
Assembly
on
Wednesday
are questions on the
following
issues:
-
The
production
of
passports
by
a
private
company,
and
the
payment
for
them
in
local
currency -
Initiatives
to
combat
drug
and
substance
abuse -
Right
to
peaceful
political
expression
without
intimidation -
Fraudulent
certificates
used
to
gain
entry
to
nurses’
training -
Supplies
of
medicines
for
snake
bites
and
rabies
in
vulnerable
border
areas -
Radio
and
television
time
allocated
to
political
parties
between
2023
and
2025
and
whether
the
Zimbabwe
Electoral
Commission
monitors
media
fairness
between
elections -
Exemption
of
deaf
persons
from
need
to
have
vehicle
radio
licences -
Revenue
from
issue
of
vehicle
licences
between
January
and
June
2025 -
Possible
reduction
of
radio
licence
fees -
Non-disclosure
of
identities
of
victims
of
rape -
Votes
for
Zimbabweans
in
the
diaspora -
Compensation
for
victims
of
political
violence
since
1980 -
Public
consultation
on
constitutional
reforms,
and
protection
of
the
independence
of
constitutional
commissions -
Conditions
of
service
of
senior
employees
of
local
authorities -
Plans
to
ensure
universal
access
to
clean
drinking
water
and
improved
sanitation
in
high-density
urban
areas -
Mechanisms
for
regular
monitoring
of
service
delivery
in
high-density
urban
areas -
End
of
the
moratorium
on
processing
of
applications
for
change
of
land
use
in
local
authority
areas -
Payment
of
municipal
water
bills
in
local
currency -
Measures
to
assist
organisations
that
are
closing
due
to
economic
hardship -
Special
rates
for
purchases
of
electricity
by
local
authorities -
Measures
to
prevent
load-shedding -
Recruitment
of
only
Zanu-PF
members
into
the
army -
Review
of
civil
servants’
salaries
in
2026 -
Extension
of
the
motor
vehicle
rebate
to
parastatal
bodies -
Amounts
of
national
revenue
collected
and
disbursed
towards
devolution
between
2020
and
2025 -
Amounts
of
airtime
levy
and
sugar
tax
collected
in
2024
and
2025 -
Adjustment
of
the
interbank
policy
rate
to
reduce
inflation -
De-regulating
the
prescriptive
asset
thresholds
for
pension
funds -
Promotion
of
full
local
and
international
fungibility
of
ZiG
currency -
Re-registration
of
companies
and
private
business
corporations
referred
to
in
the
global
compensation
deed
for
dispossessed
farmers -
Whether
the
Ministry
of
Finance
can
pay
suppliers
directly
rather
than
through
responsible
Ministries,
departments
and
agencies -
Construction
of
dams,
roads
and
other
infrastructure -
Oversight
of
the
Mutapa
Investment
Fund
to
prevent
mismanagement -
Steps
to
ensure
compliance
with
the
Public
Procurement
and
Disposal
of
Public
Assets
Act -
Measures
to
prevent
public
service
providers
and
local
authorities
from
using
exchange
rates
other
than
the
official
ones -
Making
local
authorities
responsible
for
licensing
vehicles -
The
average
cost
of
constructing
one
kilometre
of
trunk
road -
Measures
to
prevent
school
drop-outs
through
pregnancies
and
early
marriages -
Use
of
debt
collectors
to
collect
school
fees
from
parents -
When
the
national
soccer
team
will
use
national
grounds
for
international
and
regional
matches -
Politicisation
of
government
food
aid -
Repatriation
of
the
remains
of
freedom
fighters
from
Zambia.
Thursday
5th
March
The
Assembly
will
continue
with
business
left
over
from
Tuesday
THE
SENATE
Tuesday
3rd
March
Reports
of
constitutional
commissions
and
statutory
bodies
to
be
considered
The
Senate
will
be
asked
to
consider:
-
Reports
by
the
Zimbabwe
Electoral
Commission
on
various
by-elections
held
between
October
2024
and
October
2025 -
2024
report
of
the
Zimbabwe
Gender
Commission -
2024
report
of
the
Zimbabwe
Anti-Corruption
Commission -
2024
report
of
the
Zimbabwe
Electoral
Commission -
2024
report
of
the
Judicial
Service
Commission -
2024
report
of
the Attorney-General’s
Office -
2024
report
of
the
National
Prosecuting
Authority -
2024
report
of
the
Zimbabwe
Human
Rights
Commission
Parliamentary
committee
reports
to
be
considered
The
Senate
is
expected
to
consider
reports
on
the
following
topics:
-
Access
to
safe
and
clean
drinking
water
in
rural
areas -
Recurring
droughts -
Access
to
mining
by
women,
youths
and
persons
with
disabilities -
The
state
of
prisons
in
Zimbabwe
Motions
to
be
dealt
with
by
the
Senate
The
Senate
is
expected
to
debate
motions
on
the
following
topics:
-
Approval
of
appointment
of
Mrs
V.
Chikwenhere
as Auditor-General -
Measures
to
prevent
murders
and
other
serious
crimes -
Vandalism
of
natural
resources,
State
property
and
infrastructure -
Unpaid
care
work -
Enhancement
and
protection
of
inheritance
rights
of
widows
and
children -
Development
of
a
language
policy
to
enhance
the
use
of
indigenous
languages -
Reply
to
the
President’s
speech
Wednesday
4th
March
The
Senate
will
continue
with
business
not
dealt
with
on
Tuesday
Thursday
5th
March
Questions
set
down
for
answer
Questions
on
the
following
topics
have
been
tabled
for
Ministers
to
answer
in
the
Senate
on
Thursday:
-
The
disposal
of
vehicles
impounded
at
border
posts -
Measures
to
mitigate
the
suspension
of
visas
to
the
USA -
The
inclusion
of
elderly
farmers
in
the
Pfumfudza
agricultural
support
programme -
Importation
of
goods
by
Chinese-owned
mining
companies.
Bills
Being
Considered
by
the
Parliamentary
Legal
Committee
The
PLC
is
considering
the
following
Bills:
-
Zimbabwe
School
Examinations
Council
Amendment
Bill [link]
(considering
amendments
made
by
the National
Assembly on
the
17th
February) -
Biological
and
Toxin
Weapons
Crimes
Bill [link] -
Insurance
and
Pensions
Commission
Amendment
Bill [link]
(the
Committee
is
considering
amendments
made
by
the
National
Assembly
on
the
24th
February)
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