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Ray Bande
Senior Reporter
GOVERNMENT is reviewing the Liquor Licence Act, and stakeholder consultation workshops are in progress in order to get input on reviewing the legal framework and standard operating procedures for liquor licencing in the country.
The Ministry of Local Government and Public Works, through the Liquor Licencing Board hosted physical planners, health directors or relevant representatives from local authorities as well as operators in Manicaland at a local hotel in Mutare today.
Provisions in the existing Liquor Licencing Act are a product of the promulgation of the piece of legislation made in 1976, hence the need to align the statute with the Constitution, ease of doing business as well as the new world order.
Addressing the gathering in Mutare, Mr Absolom Dube, the Principal Regional Inspector for the Liquor Licencing Board, said: “The main objectives of the workshops is to review and revise downwards liquor licencing levies where applicable, streamline licencing procedures and processes to improve efficiency as well as enhance ease of doing business and compliance for operators.”
Similar workshops have already been done in different cities across the country including Gweru, Bulawayo, Masvingo, and the last one is scheduled for Harare on Wednesday.
