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The President also swore in three High Court judges and a member of the Human Rights Commission.
The judges are Justices Hlekani Molly Mwayera, Ma-ry Zimba Dube and Martin Makonese.
Mrs Sheila Hilary Matindike was sworn in as a member of the Human Rights Commission.
Until her new post, Justice Mwayera was a Chief Magistrate while Justice Zimba-Dube was an Administrative Court judge.
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Justice Makonese was in private practice.
Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa said he was happy that the full Human Rights Commission was now in place.
President Mugabe swore in other members of the Human Rights Commission in 2009.
These are Dr Ellen Sithole, Dr Kwanele Jirira, Mrs Neseni Nomathemba, Mr Ellasto Mugwadi, Dr Joseph Kurebwa, Mr Japhet Ndabeni-Ncube, Mr Jacob Mudenda and Professor Carol Khombe.
Minister Chinamasa pleaded with all the three political parties in the inclusive Government to ensure that the Human Rights Commission Bill is passed into law to operationalise the HRC.
“The swearing in of Mrs Matindike completes the composition of the Human Rights Commission. That completes it, and fulfills one of the outstanding issues in the Global Political Agreement. What remains is the Human Rights Commission Bill which must be enacted into law to operationalise the commission,” Minister Chinamasa said.
The Bill went through the second reading in Parliament this week with legislators recommending a number of amendments.
Minister Chinamasa said he expected tripartite support for the Bill in Parliament and urged chief whips of Zanu-PF and the two MDC formations to whip their members into line and push for the promulgation of the Bill into law.
He called for support of the Bill from all parties to the GPA at Cabinet level.
“If it is not supported, it means that the commission will remain non-operational and members of the commission will enjoy their perks without being functional,” Minister Chinamasa said. The Bill, which was gazetted in June this year, is provided for in the election roadmap agreed to by negotiators of the three parties to the Global Political Agreement.
According to the roadmap, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Bill was supposed to have been enacted within 45 days from June 7.
Among the commission’s functions are; promoting awareness of and respect for human rights and freedoms at all levels of society; promote human rights development and freedoms while monitoring and assessing the observance of human rights in Zimbabwe.
The Anti-Corruption Commission acts as a Government agent in implementing anti-corruption policies.
It ensures that alleged offenders are prosecuted and that where acts of corruption are proved, the necessary costs are recovered or returned to the victims, which in most cases is the State.
Senior Government officials, among them Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, Minister Chinamasa and his deputy Mr Obert Gutu and judges witnessed the swearing in.
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