10th Parliament opening set for October 3

Zim Now Writer

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has, in a supplement to the Extraordinary Gazette on Wednesday, September 27, proclaimed that the first sitting of the 10th Parliament of Zimbabwe will be held on October 3, 2023 at the New Parliament Building in Mt Hampden.

Statutory Instrument (SI)159 of 2023 and S.I. 9 of 2023, which is Proclamation 7 of 2023, published yesterday read in part:

“HIS EXCELLENCY, THE PRESIDENT of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces, DR. EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA;

“NOW, THEREFORE, under and by virtue of the powers vested in me as aforesaid, I do, by this my Proclamation, fix –

“(a) the New Parliament Building, M Hampden, as the place in which the First Session of the Tenth Parliament of Zimbabwe shall be held:

“(b) twelve o’clock noon on Tuesday, the 3rd October, 2023, as the time and date on which the First Session of the Tenth Parliament shall begin.

“Given under my hand and the Public Seal of Zimbabwe at Harare this 27th day of September in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-three,” reads the SI.

Mnangagwa swore in the members of the National Assembly and Senate from both the ruling party ZANU PF and the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change earlier this month.