Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has counseled Members of Parliament (MPs) against using un parliamentary language when debating in the House.
Dr Matibini says it is inappropriate for MPs to ‘label’ others names, adding that no parliamentarian should judge others because they are all members in good standing.
Dr Matibini said judgement of MPs does not fall in the jurisdiction of parliamentarians but his office.
The Speaker’s guidance comes in the wake of MMD Kasanengwa MP Victoria Kalima who raised a point of order against Chongwe Patriotic Front (PF) MP Sylvia Masebo who is also Tourism and Arts Minister whether she was in order to label other MPs as ‘in good standing with the PF government’ whilst some were labelled ‘not in good standing.
“It is not your task to judge other MPs in fact it is in appropriate to label other MPs on how perceived they are. Every member of this House is of good standing,” the Speaker said.
Meanwhile, parliament heard yesterday that government is in the process of reviewing the Wildlife Policy to make it more responsive and address the needs of the people.
Tourism and Arts Minister Sylvia Masebo said animal/human conflict and encroachment issues in national parks and game management areas are top of the agenda to be addressed by the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA).
Ms Masebo disclosed that she will soon have a meeting with stakeholders as well as those from the hospitality industry on how best to resolve the animal/human conflict along the major rivers such as the Zambezi.
She further disclosed that Government has got a programme to restock animals in national parks that are depleted with wild animals.
And, Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice President Harry Kalaba said the PF government in line with the party manifesto is determined to make the Office of the Auditor-General autonomy.
Mr Kalaba, who is also PF Bahati Member of Parliament said once the Office of the Auditor General works independently, there will be accountability in parliament as well as other public institutions.
He said government wants to strengthen the institution to ensure that good governance practices are adhered too.
Mr Kalaba further said government is on course in accordance with the Lima Declaration of 1977 and the Mexico Declaration of 2007 which have since been adopted by the United Nations General Assembly as part of the UN Resolution Number A/66/209.
The Deputy Minister was responding to a question raised by MMD Chipangali MP Vincent Mwale who wanted to find out what measures the government has taken to enhance the independence of the Office of the Auditor-General in accordance with the Lima Declaration of 1977 and the Mexico Declaration of 2007 which have since been adopted by the United Nations General Assembly as part of the UN Resolution No. A/66/209.
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Emmanuel Chenda said there are over 1.5 million small scale farmers country-wide who have applied to his office to access the Farmer Input Support Programme (FISP).
Mr Chenda said with the availability of resources, those farmers who would have improved and fought poverty at their households would be weaned off from the FISP scheme.
Earlier, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Luxon Kazabu told the House that 907, 657 farmers country-wide benefited from the programme during the 2011/2012 farming season.
ZANIS
Ahh i thought it was seriously bad language, this is nothing. Headline misleading kap
what happened to the missing ivory at Zawa?
Nyau Masebo came to parliament through the backdoor and pipo of Chongwe are now realising the lie PF made during the bye-election. Snr Chieftainess Nkhomeshya is not at easy with the lies as she was leader pushing pipo to vote for Nyau Masebo. Chongwe still wanted their real elected parliamentarian Mwakalombe who was bought off to give way.
I really thought it was serious unpalatable vulgar language, kanshi it is just a simple mere term to describe the issue! The headline reads quite serious though.
Masebo is very disgruntled woman very frustrated mp…madam sober up and calm down
this prostitute also
How much does she charge per night?
Chitulika Villeger, ask Malipenga and Kabimba
why should she be the one to start fighting hare fellows..?how many men has she allowed as compared to Iris my beautiful babe..?
the face looks like that of a chakolwa
@1, You are right, it was a light moment, I listen to parliamentary debates because I am an aspiring Hon. come 2016. Hon. Masebo was playing on the words the MMd were using towards end of their tenure and she was answering question from Livingstone UPND MP, Hon. Reverend Sikwela when she referred to him as working well with the Government of the day. Then she extended this to other MPs who made follow up questions until she referred to a few of them as not being in good standing, that is when, Hon. Victoria Kalima, MMD MP for Kasenengwa raised point of order. By the way, Hon. Kalima is slowly gaining a reputation as a true Nsenga in terms of tone of her speech and her emotional outbursts, she takes no prisoners, especially if it involves Bemba men, she claims we LOVE her so much, agreed!!!
Stinking prostitute masebo
The QUALITY or lack thereof, of Zambian Evelyn Hone College Journalism graduates. All the rejects go to work for ZANIS.
WHAT A SHAME THAT THE FACE OF ZAMBIAN NEWS IS FRONTED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO SENSE OF ENGLISH!
I do not see anything wrong with this statement ‘in good standing with the PF government’ whilst some were labelled ‘not in good standing. Why has it caused an uproar when she was merely expressing her mild opinion?
Masebo is excited for being in the HOUSE after losing to Japhet Mwakalombe.
She is happy that Wynter Kabimba her bonk mate is also in the HOUSE. The other Bonk Mate of her Malipenga is also in Govt., so she is well serviced. her retard son Dick is a high commission employee in Tokyo Japan.
She missed her daily dose of ARVs!
The Speaker of the National Assembly has just tasted a sample of vulgar language. Women who poch other women’s husbands (MA-HULE), have never been known to talk in a civilized manner because they are used to seeing strange and cryptic biological items in their trade as sex workers.
This country has a lot of talented women, by far better that Masebo. The reason why we keep faith in the same lot surprises me.
Yaba ! Misleading headline indeed.Ifwe ati katwishi ulusele ulo.Ba LT bane mulelemba bwino twapapata.
Its interesting how things unfold, who thought that Zambians would forget the longest serving Member of Parliament for Chipangali. Lucus Phiri. He was very famous until a young man in the name of Vincent Mwale grabbed the seat from him. Democracy at work.
Haaa I thought she called someone with her famous “iwe chi-colour”.
MASEBO HAS JOINED THE LIKES OF NKANDU LUO IN BEAUTY CONTESTS….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Politics yamu Africa, yakumushi.
This is what happens when you employ G12s as editors; the employ dull G9 reporters to write daft misleading headlines with no reference to the article.
LT you have to improve, what is the story in this article?