President Edgar Lungu is expected to officially open the Fifth Session of the Twelfth National Assembly this Friday, September 11th, 2020.
Clerk of the National Assembly Cecilia Mbewe however says in view of the coronavirus pandemic, invitations to the official opening have been restricted.
This is in order to comply with the Ministry of Health guidelines aimed at safeguarding the health and wellbeing of the public.
Mrs. Mbewe says only a modest number of officials and dignitaries will be invited, while the majority of stakeholders and diplomats who are usually invited to attend the Ceremonial Opening of Parliament will observe the proceedings remotely.
She has advised stakeholders and the general public to follow the live proceedings of the event on Parliament Radio and Parliament TV on the Topstar channel and ZNBC TV, among other platforms.
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Does Edgar Lungu know or care that Zambia is a post-colonial state? Does he know that nation-building is still work-in-progress? Does he even know wht nation-building is? Does he know that there are learned journals dedicated to studying post-colonial states and the special challenges associated with governance in post-colonial states? Does he know that some Western countries are still facing nation-building challenges?
The ascendance to power of Michael Mulenga Chilufya Sata brought unprecedented tragic consequences to Zambia, both economically and politically. Never since the days of Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga has a country ever been exposed to such a vitrioul dose of kleptomaniac and tribally bigoted tendencies. As a nation, we today stand at a crossroads, the economic statistics are horrific, tribalism that Sta engendered has taken root and festered recking untold havoc to the fabric of One Zambia One Nation. Mark my word, Zambia is collapsing, Lungu is the last nail in our coffin, the alcoholic lunatic is ravaging you like there is no tomorrow. Zambia is doomed!
Yaba, Martin Malama is back!
It’s chilling to watch and listen to what’s happening in Zimbabwe. The judicial system is as rotten as ZANU-PF, how can you treat your own brothers and sisters worse than the colonial masters?
This what we NEED TO STOP from happening here!
We are back in action. Busy week last week preparing for the return. Let the real work begin. Bill 10 is back. Upnd do not run away like cowards
But whether he opens or closes parliament does it ever improve the common man’s economic status. ZERO. The exercise is of no consequence and is as academic as it can be – fulfilling a fixture
Time really flies, HE President Edgar Chagwa Lungu will finally address Parliament for the last time as President of the Republic of Zambia. We wish you a jemasoni life in retirement
The in-charge.
$1= K20
I love K going down everyday . I made enuf from the Chinese, charging them dollars to get them an appointment with His Hexilency Edgar Chahea Lungu.
Women, hiss, I am rich. I am wishing K to go to 25 to a dollar. What a good life under PF?!
Ayatollah, Lungu and Kaizer can’t sleep peacefully these days. Look at Kaiser’s paranoia on this platform – mental; could be delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance.
It’s like the clock has new batteries, bribing the clock is not working.
@Zekolatu, it’s only people with a narrow agenda that get misled by power. The most sure thing is that once you get power the next thing to happen is to lose it. How you conduct yourself when you have power matters, it determines how you lose it. Some people will be happy to give chance to others while other it’ll be a serious fight for survival but unfortunately lost time can never be recovered
I hope the people of Zambia have by now learnt what selecting a leader ought to be. Look at how the country has become. All the economic indicators used to measure the economic health of the country are completely negative and this was even before Covid, and I am not sure what condition it is that we must even hear a person saying we have worked. So why do we have benchmarks like economic indicators. This failure is vivid and it is in all sectors, even what they tell you is a bumper harvest, it translates into nothing, the PF mealie meal price will always be the record highest than for ALL the previous governments.
Parliament should consider putting the word dictatorship were there is Christian in the constitution. When opposition are given access to public media which they are entitled to and also ‘allowed’ to assemble and galvanize like the ruling party is currently doing, we can sneak back the Christian nation thing in the document.
The presidential address to officially open parliament is an important speech and that’s why I’ll watch it. It’s not called state of the nation address (SONA) for nothing. So wht’s the state of the Zambian nation? It’s a nation in crisis and looking for better performance from its leadership. Never in its history has it been so divided. This is a post-colonial state. That means that it was constituted as one political unit by a colonial power. Before colonialism the indigenous people of today’s Zambia lived separately under their own hereditary rulers. They had little or nothing to do with other tribes unless they were neighbours. It’s colonialism that forced different tribes to start living together except in Western province. This is the nation Edgar Lungu is president of and he…
Zekolatu & Ayatollah: On social media and upnd Dreamland, you are spot on!!!
True PF Green: Yes the people of Zambia have learnt to select a leader. In opposition, hh is a dictator, greedy and has no respect for the law. How can they trust him with power???
cannot and won’t change that.
And on dstv???