Govt establishes Junior Senate

GOVERNMENT has expanded the Junior Parliament to include a Junior Senate, which will occupied by former members of the lower house, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.

Speaking during the official opening of the 32nd Junior Parliament and Commemoration of the Day of the African Child in Mt Hampden yesterday, Mnangagwa said the Junior Parliament had become a strategic institution among the youth of the country.

He said the Junior Parliament had not only served as a leadership development and advocacy arm, but a vehicle through which representatives of the youth from all provinces can participate in the governance of Zimbabwe.

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