urged to act if any violence resurfaces, and forty such meetings were redone without incidence. Outreach in the Province was conducted by teams from Mashonaland East and West, Harare and Masvingo provinces. These provinces had completed their outreach and the Select Committee had resolved that Harare and Bulawayo outreach would be carried out after the rest of the provinces had completed theirs. Outreach in Harare Metropolitan province was overseen by Hon. Fungai J Majome and Hon. Flora Buka and were assisted by Mr Alfred Tome, the Provincial Coordinator together with seven District Coordinators from the seven Districts in the province. The outcomes of the meetings are clearly indicated in the National and Provincial Statistical reports as annexures to this report. 2.8.3. Manicaland The outreach consultation process started on the 21st of June 2010 and ended on the 9th of October 2010, one of the provinces that had the longest outreach period. During that period, a total of 677 meetings were conducted across 7 Districts in the province with total attendance of 152 130 people. Attendances were generally high, especially in Buhera District. A total of 60 meetings were repeated after the initial meetings could not be concluded due to violence. Most cases of disruptions due to violence were recorded in Makoni District. One meeting at Nemaire in Makoni District was completely abandoned after stones were thrown at team members who were leading the discussion at the meeting. It was also reported that there were some elements that would go around in communities giving wrong dates and venues of the advertised meetings. As such, some meetings were poorly attended. Another problem was that the outreach Team Leaders in the province did not work well together for some time during the process. They initially appeared to pull in different directions. The Select Committee members who supervised the province had a torrid time trying to manage the teams. There were, however no major accommodation problems in the province as all team members were housed in Hotels in Mutare, save for the fact that fuel consumption was the highest as teams travelled long distances to meetings such as in Buhera and some parts of Chipinge from Mutare Hotels. The process was supervised by Hon. Senators Monica Mutsvangwa and Hon. Cephas Makuyana and they were assisted by Provincial Coordinator Mr. F. Mbetsa and seven District Coordinators in the seven Districts of the province. The outcomes of the meetings are clearly indicated in the National and Provincial Statistical reports as annexures to this report. 37 The Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) Report to Parliament, February 2013

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