Mnangagwa To Open Second Session Of 10th Parliament Today
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is today set to open the Second Session of the 10th Parliament, where he will outline the legislative agenda for the upcoming period from October 2024 to October 2025.
The President will also deliver the State of the Nation Address to a joint session of the National Assembly and Senate.
In an interview with The Herald on Tuesday, Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda said that several bills, including the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, will be part of the legislative agenda. Said Chokuda:
The State of the Nation Address and the official opening of Parliament is a requirement in terms of the Constitution of Zimbabwe and as a requirement of the Constitution, the Speaker of Parliament and the President of the Senate have made the duly necessary arrangements for His Excellency, the President to address Parliament tomorrow (today).
Our expectation, as usual, is that His Excellency, the President will lay out the legislative agenda for the incoming session from October 2024 to October 2025.
And, basically, that will outline the issues that Parliament would be faced with during that session and that will include some Bills that are currently before Parliament that will need to be rolled over to the next session and any other new legislation that the President will outline.
There are some Bills that we believe will be rolled over into the next Session of Parliament.
I know for a fact that we have the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill which has been referred back to Parliament.
It has now been brought back and has been submitted to Parliament so we are now ready to gazette it at any time, so definitely that one should be one of the Bills that will be coming to Parliament.
We also have several others that are still being attended to by the ministries so, yes there will be quite several Bills that will be rolled over.
Chokuda said the recently concluded session was the first for the 10th Parliament, where everyone was learning the ropes, adding that Parliament made efforts to equip its members for their roles and is committed to working diligently to pass legislation.
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