Bill Watch 45/2013Ministerial Appointments16 September
BILL WATCH 45/2013
[16th September 2013]
Ministerial Appointments
On 11th September the President swore in Vice-President Joice Mujuru and Ministers, Ministers of State in the President’s Office or Vice-President’s Office, Ministers of State for Provincial Affairs and Deputy Ministers at State House.
There are 26 Cabinet Ministers: 3 Ministers of State; 10 Ministers of State for Provincial Affairs, one for each of the ten provinces; and 24 Deputy Ministers [Total 63]. The corresponding figures for the 2009-2013 Inclusive Government are: 36 Cabinet Ministers; 6 Ministers of State; 10 Provincial Governors/Resident Ministers; 19 Deputy Ministers [Total 71].
Cabinet
Notes:
1. Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers do not sit in Cabinet.
2. The President still has the option of appointing a second Vice-President under the Constitution. Since the 1987 Unity Accord between ZANU and the former ZAPU leading to the merging of those parties, the President has always appointed one of the Vice-Presidents from the old ZAPU wing of the party. A replacement for Vice-President Landa John Nkomo, who had been one of the party’s Vice-Presidents, was not made by the party after his death in January. His successor will probably be elected at the next ZANU-PF national congress and then be appointed as the country’s second Vice-President.
3. All Ministers and Deputy Ministers are members of Parliament, except for five Ministers who do not hold seats. President Mugabe has used to the full the power he enjoys under section 104(3) of the Constitution to appoint a maximum of five Ministers from outside Parliament [“upto five, chosen for theirprofessionalskillsandcompetence,maybe appointed fromoutside Parliament”]. The individuals so appointed, each indicated by an asterisk * in the lists below, were unsuccessful candidates for Parliamentary seats in the recent elections. These five Ministers may “sit and speak, but not vote, in the Senate or House of Assembly”. It is not necessary for them to become MPs in order to retain their Ministerial positions, as would have been the case under the former Constitution.
Ex officio members
President Mugabe
Vice-President Mujuru
Ministerial members appointed to Cabinet by President
Senior Minister of State without Portfolio ...... Moyo, Simon Khaya
Ministers[In alphabetical order by name of Ministry]
Agriculture, Mechanisation & Irrigation Development.. Made, Joseph *
Defence...... Sekeramayi, Sydney
Energy and Power Development...... Mavhaire, Dzikamai
Environment, Water & Climate...... Kasukuwere, Savior
Finance...... Chinamasa. Patrick
Foreign Affairs ...... Mumbengegwi, Samuel
Health & Child Care...... Parirenyatwa, David
Higher & Tertiary Education, Science &
Technology Development...... Muchena, Olivia
Home Affairs...... Mohadi, Kembo
Industry & Commerce...... Bimha, Mike
Information & Communication Technology,
Postal & Courier Services...... Shamu, Webster
Justice & Legal Affairs...... Mnangagwa, Emmerson
Lands & Rural Resettlement...... Mombeshora, Douglas
Local Government, Public Works & National Housing . Chombo, Ignatius
Media, Information & Broadcasting Services...... Moyo, Jonathan *
Mines & Mining Development...... Chidhakwa, Walter
Presidential Affairs ...... Mutasa, Didymus
Primary & Secondary Education...... Dokora, Lazarus *
Public Service, Labour & Social Welfare...... Goche, Nicholas
Small & Medium Enterprises...... Nyoni, Sithembiso
Sports, Arts & Culture...... Langa, Andrew
Tourism & Hospitality Industry...... Mzembi, Walter
Transport & Infrastructural Development...... Mpofu, Obert
Women’s Affairs, Gender & Community
Development...... Muchinguri, Oppah
Youth, Indigenisation & Economic Empowerment..... Nhema, Francis
Ministers of State
Minister of State for Presidential Affairs ...... Buka, Flora
Minister of State for for Liaising on Psychomotor
Activities in Education and Vocational Training...... Hungwe, Josiah
Minister of State in Vice-President
Mujuru’s office ...... Nguni, Sylvester
Ministers of State for Provincial Affairs
It is as yet unclear what the functions of these ten Ministers of State will be. There is concern they will take the place of the former Provincial Governors/Resident Ministers and thus dilute the decentralised functions of the new Provincial Councils.
BulawayoMoyo, Eunice
HarareChikukwa, Mirriam
ManicalandMushowe, Chris
Mashonaland CentralDinha, Martin *
Mashonaland WestChidarikire, Faber *
Mashonaland EastMudarikwa, Simbaneuta
MasvingoBhasikiti, Kudakwashe
Matabeleland NorthMathema, Cain
Matabeleland SouthNcube, Abednico
MidlandsMachaya, Jason
Deputy Ministers
[In alphabetical order by name of Ministry]
Agriculture (2):
Cropping, Mechanisation &
Irrigation Development ...... Murapira, Davis
Livestock ...... Zhanda, Paddy
Energy & Power Development ...... Musanhu, Munacho
Environment, Water & Climate ...... Musanhu, Simon
Finance ...... Undenge, Samuel
Foreign Affairs ...... Mutsvangwa, Christopher
Health & Child Care ...... Chimedza, Paul
Higher & Tertiary Education, Science &
Technology Development ...... Gandawa, Godfrey
Home Affairs ...... Ziyambi, Ziyambi
Industry & Commerce (2) ...... Chiratidzo, Iris
Information & Communication Technology,
Postal & Courier Services...... Mlambo, Win
Justice, Legal & Parliamentary Affairs ...... Chasi, Fortune
Lands & Rural Resettlement ...... Savanhu, Tendai
Local Government, Public Works & National Housing . Matiza, Biggie
Media, Information & Broadcasting Services...... Mandiwanzira, Supa
Mines & Mining Development ...... Moyo, Fred
Primary & Secondary Education ...... Mavhima, Paul
Public Service, Labour & Social Welfare ...... Muzenda, Tongai
Small & Medium Enterprises & Cooperative
Development ...... Mukonora, Noveti
Sports, Arts & Culture ...... Malinga, Tabeth
Tourism & Hospitality Industry...... Kanhanga, Walter
Transport & Infrastructural Development ...... Kagonye, Petronella
Women’s Affairs, Gender & Community
Development ...... Damasane, Abigail
Youth, Indigenisation & Economic Empowerment .... Tongofa, Mathias
Re-Assignment of Responsibility for Acts of Parliament
Some of the Ministries that were set up under the inclusive government no longer exist, e.g., Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs, Regional Integration and International Cooperation and State Enterprises and Parastatals. Some have been split, e.g. Education, Sports, Arts and Culture has become two Ministries: (1) Primary and Secondary Education, (2) Sports, Arts and Culture. Some have been amalgamated under a new name, e.g. Environment, Water and Climate combines two former Ministries. It will therefore be necessary for the President to re-assign Ministerial responsibilities, including responsibility for administration of Acts of Parliament. Until that is done there is a possibility of public confusion about the areas for which Ministers are responsible. Responsibility for administration of Acts is invariably notified by statutory instrument, thereby enabling readers of Acts to make sense of references to “the Minister” in Acts which have been rendered out of date, such as “’Minister’ means the Minister of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs” and to give effect to references like “or such other Minister to whom the President may from time to time assign the administration of this Act”.
Note: Section 104(1) of the Constitution allows the President to “reserve to himself or herself the administration of any Act, Ministry or department”.
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