Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has asked Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee Warren Mwambazi to recuse himself from presiding over PAC meetings, if he has interest in one of his companies that has been summoned by the committee.
This follows the ongoing sittings by PAC to consider the report on the Audit Report on the utilization of COVID 19 funds from July 2020 to October 2021 by the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit-DMMU.
Ms Nelly Mutti made a ruling in the National Assembly on Wednesday in line with the Parliamentary and Ministerial code of conduct, Chapter 16 of the laws of Zambia and standing orders that provides guidance on the subject of a member having pecuniary interest in the matter before the House.
The Speaker also explained that she made a ruling after investigation of the matter from a point of order that was raised by Mufulira Member of Parliament Golden Mwila.
Mr. Mwila wanted to know if Mr. Mwambazi was in order to continue chairing meetings of the Public Accounts Committee when he was allegedly linked to one of the companies summoned by PAC.
However, Ms Nelly Mutti said that section five of the Act provides that a member shall not speak in the National Assembly or the Committee in which he has interest to the Assembly or Committee.
The Speaker explained that standing order number 155 of the National Assembly of Zambia, augments this statutory provision on the requirement for the member to disclose pecuniary interest.
She has guided that Mr. Mwambazi can continue to participate as an ordinary member of parliament during the consideration of the Auditor Generals ‘queries on the procurement of COVID 19 materials.
Lusaka Times last week exclusively revealed that Mr. Mwambazi’s Balaam Limited is one of the companies that supplied Covid-19 items to the DMMU.
Before you know it, this will be a one party state. Yet the most corrupt thief sold our companies to his whlte imperialist bosses for nothing during privatisation. Today he acts like he is some god in power
Please madam speaker cleanse the whole house out roaches ….when is ACC going to look into this matter?
Many if not most top linked leaders have been involved in one way or another in
Contracts given to them or their company.
Infact no PF member or anyone with PF background should have been allowed to chair or sit on that committee of accountability. Almost everything done under PF was questionable
Uko wapya muzi
Mwambazi forgot that he was one of the suppliers because of vengeance.
BaKaizar,
You would know about trying to build a one party state wouldn’t you? Except it didn’t work and got buried beneath one million more votes than your guy got. The people don’t want anything from you and your commander in thief. You have been retired in the national interest. Go enjoy.
@ Kaizar Zulu – Your delusion is so pitiful it could be mistaken for intelligence. It’s the paranoia of not knowing when they will come for you to cite you for corruption that is eating you up.
There are many like him. Dig deeper you will find them. All politicians have skeletons in their cupboards.
Mbuzi Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, that’s what audit trail implies. You can pretend to be smart and impersonate, use pseudo name etc, eventually the wheels of justice catch up with you, hence speaker asks Mwambazi to stop chairing PAC sittings. Mwambazi is now a potential jail candidate.
BaKaizar,
You would know about trying to build a one party state wouldn’t you? Except it didn’t work and got buried beneath one million more votes than your guy got. The people don’t want anything from you and your commander in thief. You have been retired in the national interest. Go enjoy.
Right way to go.
KAIZER ZULU HOW CAN IT NOT BE ONE PARTY STATE WHEN YOU SPOILED PF BY GIVING ITS LEADER ECL SPURIOUS ADVICE? IF YOU WERE GOOD ADVISORS, AS PER YOU BOASTING, WOULD PF HAVE LOST THE 2021 GENERAL ELECTION? REFLECT OVER YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE PF’S LOSS SIR.