President Hakainde Hichilema is on Friday, September 9th, 2022 expected to officially open the second session of the Thirteenth National Assembly.
This is according to a press statement made available to the media in yesterday by acting Clerk of the National Assembly, Roy Ngulube.
“The Clerk of the National Assembly wishes to inform the public that the President of the Republic of Zambia, His Excellency Mr Hakainde Hichilema will officially open the Second Session of the Thirteenth National Assembly on Friday 9t September 2022,” read the statement.
Mr. Ngulube stated that only a modest number of officials and dignitaries will be invited while the majority of stakeholders and diplomats will follow the proceedings remotely.
He explained that the restriction on invited guests have been necessitated by the Covid-19 which has not been completely abated.
“In view of the Corona Virus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic which has not completely abated, invitations to the Official Opening have been restricted to comply with the Ministry of Health Guidelines aimed at safeguarding the health and wellbeing of the Zambian public,” he said.
“In this regard, 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,” said the acting Clerk of National Assembly.
Mr. Ngulube has since advised members of the public to follow the live proceedings of the ceremonial opening of Parliament on Parliament Radio, Parliament TV on Top Star Channel 5, DSTV Channel 272, Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) TV 1, the National Assembly of Zambia Facebook Page, National Assembly of Zambia YouTube Page and Parliament Website Streaming (www.parliament.gov.zm).
“Stakeholders and the general public are, therefore, encouraged to follow the live proceedings of the Ceremonial Opening of Parliament on Parliament Radio, Parliament TV on Top Star Channel 5, DSTV Channel 272, Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) TV 1, the National Assembly of Zambia Facebook Page, National Assembly of Zambia YouTube Page and Parliament Website Streaming (www.parliament.gov.zm),” read the statement
Situmbeko is expected to present his budget by 30 September against the background of many unfunded projects and unpaid contractors. Worst of all the CDF mystery, funds that aren’t available. We’ll go into another budget cycle with most of the CDF money unutilized. I hope that he has realized what negative impact this has. Can you relax the conditions so that these funds are unlocked? It’s not enough to disburse funds that can’t be utilized. A year is gone with nothing to write home about. You can do better
He has never held a parliamentary seat this hh. It is an insult to that great building of law makers.
I am mourning a great man today.RIP edem djokoto. As a man who came from humble education background I never know how to read or write and always admired edems prowess with words. He motivated me to become a better speaker and writer. Years later I was to become an advisor to the president of the Republic. Go well. Aluta continue
The next sitting of parliament must put up strong punishment for plunderers so that we stop the free fall plunder that we saw in the PF regime, the truth is that plunder was massive and the marjority of it will never be known or uncovered. The ubomba mwibala alya mwibala regime was more advanced than all previous government plunder put together, ACC,DEC, Zambia Police will never un earth the massive plunder, they will only scratch the tip of the ice berg.