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Zvamaida Murwira Mr Speaker Sir The passage of the Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (ZIDA) Bill through Parliament last week marks a milestone by the Second Republic to improve, in a significant way, the ease of doing business in the country. Mr Speaker Sir, it will be recalled that there was a lot of interest and […]
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Zvamaida Murwira Mr Speaker Sir Mr Speaker Sir, the mere thought of passing through that roundabout is as stressful as it is agonising and, needless to say, that the problem is crying out for a sustainable solution. The strategic importance of the Harare-Beitbridge Road is being undermined by the clogging of traffic at the intersection of […]
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Farirai Machivenyika Mr Speaker Sir Portfolio committees proceedings hogged the limelight in the past few weeks, with heads of various parastatals being grilled over goings on at their various institutions. Mr Speaker Sir, gone are the days of taking parliamentary business casually or as a formality given the seriousness that the President has adopted in […]
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir Sometimes one wonders if corruption in Government institutions will ever end. And whether corporate governance will ever work in Zimbabwe. How about institutions that are in place to fight corruption, are they there to fight graft or to exacerbate it? Do people get into public institutions to help in the country’s development […]
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir Zanu-PF MP for Marondera Central, Lawrence Katsiru stirred a hornet’s nest this week when he made unfortunate statements to the fact that Ndebele people must first pay lobola and compensate Shonas “for abducting and forcing into marriage young girls and raiding cattle from the same”.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir Question Time every Wednesday and Thursday in the National Assembly and the Senate respectively is an invaluable opportunity for the Legislature to hold the Executive to account. Vice Presidents and ministers are expected to be in the chambers of both Houses on a weekly basis whenever Parliament is sitting to […]
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Mr Speaker Sir, Lloyd Gumbo President Mugabe raised an important point during his 93rd birthday interview with Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation TV where he indicated that some of the allegations of corruption were mere allegations with no grain of evidence.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir, Parliamentary portfolio and thematic committees have done a lot by summoning public officials to appear before them and answer questions that are generally considered to be of public interest.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir There is a growing disturbing trend among Members of Parliament who are given to fighting or arguing among themselves in the presence of witnesses who will be giving evidence before them be it at Parliament or during public hearings out in the field.
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Lloyd Gumbo: Mr Speaker Sir With the next harmonised elections coming up next year, one is tempted to feel sorry for the majority of Members of Parliament who might find it difficult to make it to the next Parliament for various reasons.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir— Zimbabweans have overwhelmingly embraced the bond notes introduced by the Central Bank in November last year despite spirited attempts by critics to discredit them before their introduction.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir — This week’s edition of The Sunday Mail had an interesting but depressing piece on jailed rapist Martin Gumbura and the conditions of prisoners who cannot enjoy their conjugal rights, the moment they become guests of the State.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir— In 2016 alone, Zimbabwe churned out about 20 000 graduates from its State universities and thousands of other graduates from private universities in the country, but of those, maybe only a tenth are absorbed into employment, locally.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir Bond notes came and were overwhelmingly embraced by Zimbabweans despite spirited attempts to cause their rejection by those who want the country to “burn” for political reasons. In fact, depositors are now desperate for the bond notes. As was announced by the Reserve Bank, the bond notes have the same value […]
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir— The current Parliament has been lauded as one of the most vibrant in recent years because of the role played by some of the portfolio committees which have been holding members of the Executive to account without fear or favour.