Speaker of the National Assembly Amusa Mwanamwambwa says any member of the National Assembly who will be found guilty of divulging information to the media will either be suspended or imprisoned for the period not exceeding 12 months or a fine.
Speaking in Parliament today, Mr. Mwanamwambwa said he is concerned with the behavior of some MPs who are giving out information contained in the proceedings to the media before tabling them in parliament.
Mr. Mwanamwambwa further said that he is concerned of some reports that he is receiving that some members of parliament giving out information contained in the proceeding before tabling them in the house to the media saying doing so was losing and diminishing the standards of the house.
He explained that Standing Order 15 of the National Assembly Act states that the Clerk should have custody of all votes or proceedings and that violation to the Standing Order 15 is gross contempt of the house and parliament respectively.
Mr. Mwanamwambwa said parliamentary documents must be treated confidential to the public until the proceedings are tabled before the parliament.
He warned that Members of the National Assembly who would be seen to be giving information to the media will be subjected to libel should there be remarks of defamation uttered from the public.
The Speaker further said that rushing to the media before proceedings are tabled in the house constitutes contempt of the house as Act 89 of the Constitution Cap 1 mandates all Members of Parliament to take an oath in order to preserve the constitution of the country.
Mr. Mwanamwambwa warned that any future violation of parliamentary rules and Laws will constitute stern action as it was the only way of restoring dignity and standards in the house.
He said stern action will include suspension of any Member of Parliament seen divulging information contained in parliamentary proceedings and votes before tabling them in the house as Act 87 provides privileges of the house without undue influence from the public.
Mr. Mwanamwambwa has since called on Members of Parliament to maintain rule and order in order to preserve the dignity and standards of the august house.
ZAMIS/TK/AM/ENDS
OH GOD
What the hell
Ok!
Elo lwanya, yaku!!!
Especially Siliya
Awe nomba nachelwa!! :((:(( I am not Numbala l-) or :)>-
Nine Chale are you sleeping? They are taking our Position!!
kasai konko
Anyways Congrats Numbala l-)
Malabishi! 8-}
Unsuitable Task Force prosecutors to go
Vice President George Kunda has announced that some prosecutors currently on the Task Force on Corruption may soon be removed.Mr. Kunda told parliament Friday morning that government will soon revise the institutions that are spearheading the anti-corruption fight and remove individuals that may not be suitable considering ‘recent’ happenings in the country.He was responding to a question by Patriotic Front MP for Kantashi who wanted to know whether the saga involving Zambian Airways and its directors will have credibility implications on the work of the Task Force.
But Mr. Kunda caused laughter in parliament when in responding he said “I thought the PF supports the Post and Zambian Airways”.Task Force chief Prosecutor Mutembo Nchito is a shareholder and CEO of Zambian Airways, while the Post Newspaper is a shareholder in the Zambian Airways and Post owner Fred Mmembe is also a director.The vice president said that the fight against corruption will continue but there will soon be changes and some people maybe sidelined.And Vice president Kunda also said that government will make monetary provision this year to address the problems being faced by Nitrogen Chemical of Zambia.
And Mr. Kunda has said government will not reduce the number of ministers or deputy ministers saying cabinet is of the right size and functioning well.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Mr. Kunda caused laughter in parliament when in responding he said “I thought the PF supports the Post and Zambian Airways”.Don’t they have solution in their insults? How can hyenas, goons and incompetent corrupts the call redeem them the smart and wise human beings they claim to be?
Insults never builds a village.
Nchito yakosa manje. I hope you kept some money to enjoy the status you aquired during the recent past.
:d/
:d/
Awe let me take a break mwe…na backside yala kalipa mulandu waku blogginga the whole day! Naya ko panse ifi yaleka ukuloka. See you laterz…:-w
What is the speaker talking about
Amusa.The old has been a speaker a long time now ,from FTJ TO LPM and RB maybe in MCS or HH and the rest of us ,we need to get some new blood in whole system.
#17
Award Winning Blogger! Hahahahaha!!!
tell them
Tenta should be the first one…infact they should get right away!
Cage all these MPs. They talk carelesslly about Government business in pubs abd everywhere. Number 5 you are right. More especially ch Siliya. She talks on top of her voice with her loud big mouth. More especially when she is in Raphsody`s. She wants everybody to hear what she is talki ng about and reminding all trhat she is Minister.
Eya! Especially Teta, Mulongoti is quiet mwe.Siliya also.
#24
Mulongoti and Tenta have utterances that just drip like sewage. This law must apply in retrospect to have them arrested with immediate effect.
#25 =))=))=))=))=))=))
:d:d/
:d:d/
WE WANT TO SEE CHANGE NT KULABILA WE ARE TIRED OF YOUR WORDS
Good afternoon Baby C, Zoe, Nine Chale, Jamaco and the rest of the team. :d:d:d:d
Baby C, Jamako and others, are you always on LT waiting for a new item so that you blogg number 1? There are so many sites you can visit on the web and learn more important issues. Ask me I give you a list of some. :)):)):))
with due respect iam not a UPND sympathiser but one thing i admit is that they Have MPs of highest calibre in that house. Abashala mayo we..lwelele.
#31
Dont bother dear! i know a number of them and am a regular contributor, its just that i use a different name. :o)
#25 8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x8-x**==
The meaning of the word has been found in the good old Zed-Dictionary:
TETA=SPEAK
MASHIMBA=FEACES.
What do you expect from the our MP’s a good # of them are not educated enough to uphold appreciate Ethics of confidentiality. Mere words no one will be caged becouse no journalist will disclose the source of leaked info as they are not obliged to do so. Press freedom eeshi! no wonder they can also insult other defenceless people without being accountable for there action.
What is the speaker talking about.
#34 AK
Pliz walanjipaya mumala…nafa!
Nipa Zed, the name of the game is intimidate them. Kaya, fili ekotuleya. 😕
# 32 Akapondo you are correct, actually one frontbencher alluded to this on Tuesday or Wednesday saying the UPND MP’s have been advisors who guided GRZ. Like has been said empty cans make alot of noise.
There is no investigative journalism in zed. State media journalists are extremely corrupt.
Enjoy your weekend guys o-+o->o-+o->o-+o->o-+o->o-+o->o-+o->o-+o->o-+o->o-+o->o-+o->o-+o->o-+o->o-+o->o-+o->
They are slaughterers!!
By the way, RB has just appointed members of his family tree–a m’tonga and a kazembe.
#40
Not kuyenda nakutali…there are simply no journalists in Zed bwana..the ones purpoting to be are from Greenwood, Westklyin etc,,substandard chaps.
Africa Literature Centre and Norma Jean also helped in bringing down standards.
The honourable speaker is right. Some MPS like Teta, Siliya and a banch of government and PF Mps are too excited and talk a lot. UPND MPS are always quite and dont talk because they have no media despite their discipline and competence. Sata paid the post some money to be on the front page despite being incompetent and his Mps take advantage of the same. Ncito, Nchima and Membe have no integrite and can not fight corruption. Membe,s support for Sata is questionable and the dual are going to be history soon. He cant be compared to the assasinated Sirilankan journalist. Please, Membe change so as to add value to the proffession.
The honourable speaker is right. Some MPS like Teta, Siliya and a banch of government and PF Mps are too excited and talk a lot. UPND MPS are always quite and dont talk because they have no media despite their discipline and competence. Sata paid the post some money to be on the front page despite being incompetent and his Mps take advantage of the same. Ncito, Nchima and Membe have no integrite and can not fight corruption. Membe,s support for Sata is questionable and the dual are going to be history soon. He cant be compared to the assasinated Sirilankan journalist. Please, Membe change so as to add value to the pr
#39 LEGENDS OF THE FALLS, mwela onse
Guys what happened to freedom of speech, what is so confidential that we can’t know about it!! [-(
while Mr mwana something thats sounds like a serious warning can you put us in the flamework of what happened ?Probably mpombo said something ah
This is serious ka. First it was treason to discuss the suffering of the Army officers, next treasonable to talk about the Indians and their spice eating cousins the Chinese….now this..
In Tanzania the proceedings in the Parliament are Live on Tv and Radio. Why not in Zambia?
Ba Maureen!!!
Yaba
“spice eating cousins” lol
# Mossad. Thats the only definition I gat ! Howz you ?
# 19 get yr facts right you totalling lost and misinformed, maube ignorant
Uyu na ena finshi alelanda apa? ale lya fye utupiya.Tapali nfyo achita ekala fye pa chipuna afwala nechintu kumutwe alenda fye ati order,order.Elo ale fwaya ale tinya.We told him to declare the sits of rebel pf mps vaccant but he doesnt want to do that.Ikala fye tondolo mmd puppet.
Theres a new ‘cotton’ ! Washala
Shani ba Chewe? Imwe mwisa lulya bonse ba salangana?
Just put them behind bars they will stop all those acts now!:-ss:-ss:-ss:-ss:-ss
Ladies and gentlemen, I am happy to announce to you that the NCC has been disbanded with immediate effect. Instead, Got has decided to adopt the Mung’omba Draft constitution without ammendments. The NCC members are only serving their interests and their final document going by what they are discussing will only be good for cleaning the pales.
yebo! 🙂
spring chicken…spring is coming soon so just fatten yourself so that those who barbacue you will have a jolly good meal! :d:d:d
As longer as they dont sit on people,s freedom of speech.
Hear! Hear! tell them and will listen.Kachepa too much
What information? We want to be knowing what our so called representatives do in the so called corrupt house of theirs. What’s so secret about politics ba Musa Mwana wambwa???
Amusa is an old tick sucking out tax payers money. How can we have one speaker serving almost four government administrations? We need new blood, I don’t think that this old man is the only one who can do the job of speaker. I’m sure he must be biased somehow having held that position for a very long time. When are we going to have generational change of leadership? Amusa and the rest of his generation need to step down to give way for the younger generation.
Zed
:-ss:-ss:-ss:-ss:-ss:-ss:-ss:-ss:-ss