The Constitution adopted in 2013 called for the
establishment of the commissions such as the Zimbabwe Gender Commission,
National Peace and Reconciliation Commission, Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission
and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission.
Questions have been raised on the effectiveness of the
commissions to fight human rights abuses and corruption among other vices amid
claims that they were incapacitated due to low budgetary allocations.
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi
Ziyambi on Wednesday told Parliament that: “Realising the gaps in fulfilling
benefits of independent commissions’ management, the government since 2020 is
now handling procurement and issuance of conditions of service vehicles to such
levels. However, the process has been slow on account of budgetary constraints
across the public service.”
Ziyambi was responding to a question from Brian Dube (MDC
Alliance, Gweru Urban), who wanted to know government policy on conditions of
service for independent commissioners.
Dube said failure by government to capacitate the
commissions undermined their integrity and importance.
Section 325 of the Constitution mandates the government to
ensure adequate funding to commissions to enable them to function effectively.
“Currently, government is in the process of trying to
improve the compensation framework from the initial approved compensation
framework for cash in lieu of vehicles to the affected members, including
members from independent commissions,” Ziyambi said. Newsday
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