Mnangagwa State of the nation address in full

This Parliament is thus expected to, inter alia, consider the following;

• The Coroner’s Bill, which provides for the establishment of the Coroner’s Office;
• The Constitutional Court Bill which, among other things, seeks to confer additional responsibilities to the Constitutional Court.
• The Customary Law and Local Courts Bill, which provides for the exclusion of harmful cultural practices from Customary Law.
• The High Court Amendment Bill, which will provide for clear appeals and referral procedures from the High Court to the Constitutional Court and establish their jurisdictional matters.

Furthermore;

• The Rural District Councils Bill intended to give Rural Councils greater autonomy, as enshrined in the Constitution, shall be tabled in this august House.
• The Traditional Leaders Act will be amended to bring it into line with the Constitution and more particularly, to provide for the establishment of Provincial Assemblies.
• The Provincial and Metropolitan Councils Bill, will facilitate the devolution of governmental powers and responsibilities to Provincial and Local Authorities. Through this Bill, Provincial and Metropolitan Councils will be reconfigured in accordance with Chapter 14 of the Constitution. This will further seek to facilitate enhanced coordination between Central Government, Provincial Councils and Local Authorities, within the context of the decentralisation and devolution programme.
• In addition, the Public Finance Management Act will be amended to facilitate the allocation of sufficient resources for basic social services and economic development at the local level.

Meanwhile;

The Forestry Amendment Bill, will be tabled for consideration by this Parliament to provide for measures to effectively foster the sustainable management of the country’s forestry resource.

My Government will bring for ratification by this Parliament;

• The Kigali Amendment to the Nogoya-Kualar Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Stability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Bio-Safety.
• The Accession to the Additional Protocol to the Agreements between States and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards.
• The Accession to the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.
• The Accession to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.
• The Accession to the Convention on Assistance in the case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiology Emergency and,
• The Accession to the Convention on the Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident.

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