Jessie Majome

Jessie Fungayi Majome (born 20 December 1971) is the Member of the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe on an MDC T ticket elected 1st in 2008 and then in 2013. She is Chairperson of its Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs. She is a member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee and the Portfolio Committee on Local Government Rural and Urban Development.

Member of National Executive Committee of the Movement for Democratic Change Party (MDC-T) and its Secretary for Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs. 
She is the founder and principal at Jessie Majome & Co. Legal Practitioners. She is a former Zimbabwe Deputy Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs  and then Deputy Minister for Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development.She was elected Councillor Ward 1 and Chairperson of Hwange Local Board in 2003 but was dismissed in 2004 by the ruling party Minister of Local Government for not obeying his directive to rescind her suspension of the board's Chief Executive Officer . Her urgent High Court challenge of her removal is still pending. 

^[1] She holds a Master of Laws (L.L.M.) University of South Africa 2004, a Masters In Women's Law (M.S.W.L.) University Of Zimbabwe 2008, a Post Graduate Diploma In Women's Law Dip. W.L. 1996, Bachelor of Laws Honours (L.L.B.S.) University of Zimbabwe 1995.

References

1. "Jessie Majome: No shrinking in the shadows". http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/news/zimbabwe/58699/jessie-majome-no-shrinking-in.html/. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-29. External link in |publisher= (help)