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relation to the US$150 million Victoria Falls Airport project, US$141,3 million for the development and rehabilitation of municipal water and sewage treatment works for the City of Harare and the US$89 million medical equipment and supplies project.
The committees will also resume their business with the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Water, Lands and Resettlement indicating they would summon Reserve Bank Governor Dr Gideon Gono once again to provide information of how agriculture equipment was distributed under the Farm Mechanisation programme.
The Thematic Committee on Peace and Security will continue with their investigations on whether Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma was not in contempt of Parliament when he failed to appear before it to give oral evidence on electricity supply to wheat farmers and the situation and the Green Fuel project at Chisumbanje.
A ruling on Shabanie Mashava Mines administrator Arifas Gwaradzimba’s case where he is facing contempt of Parliament charges is also likely to be delivered in the House of Assembly.
Meanwhile, a new date for the official opening of the Fifth Session of the Seventh Parliament is yet to be announced following the postponement of the ceremony in July.
The Fourth Session of the Seventh Parliament was supposed to end on July 24 when a new session was to be opened but was indefinitely postponed.
The official opening of a new parliament session is done by President Mugabe where he outlines Government’s policies and legislative agenda of the new session.
During the current session only five Bills were passed and these include the Electoral Amendment Bill, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Bill, the Older Persons’ Bill, the
Finance (2012) Bill and the Appropriation (2012) Bill to bring into effect changes made to the budget by Finance Minister Tendai Biti in his Mid-Term Fiscal Policy review.
The five await President Mugabe’s signature before they become law.
Parliament failed to deal with at least 13 other Bills that were slated for discussion during this session.
This was mainly caused by the constitution-making process where MPs took part in the outreach programme. Some of the Bills that were not brought to Parliament include the Zimbabwe Income Tax Amendment Bill, Exploration Corporation Bill, Zimbabwe Border Post Authority Bill, Civil Aviation Amendment Bill, RBZ Debt
Restructuring Bill, NRZ Amendment Bill, Land Developers Bill, State Enterprises Restructuring Agency Bill, GMO Biotechnology Bill and Public Health Amendment.
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