The Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia, Nelly Mutti, has been honored with the prestigious Commonwealth Parliamentarian of the Year 2023 award. This recognition was bestowed upon her during the 66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference held in Accra, Ghana.
Ms. Mutti’s outstanding achievements and dedication to her parliamentary duties were acknowledged by the selection committee, which conducted a thorough adjudication process involving eight nominations from across the Commonwealth. Her unwavering commitment to upholding the rule of law, promoting transparency in parliamentary processes, and ensuring citizens’ access to parliamentary information and proceedings were commended by the committee.
In her acceptance speech, Speaker Nelly Mutti graciously dedicated the award to all female parliamentarians in the Commonwealth. She highlighted the collective efforts of women in the field of politics and their ongoing endeavors to achieve gender parity in parliaments worldwide.
This recognition not only reflects Ms. Mutti’s individual accomplishments but also serves as a testament to the significant strides made by Zambia in parliamentary governance and the promotion of gender equality.
The Spider is surprised here. How could she win any award with her bias and emotional rulings?
Anyway, I grudgingly say congratulations to Uncle Nelly Mutti, at the end of the day this recognition is good for the country.
Every where in world they are admiring anything about Zambia. Unfortunately Zambians like you don’t like Zambians, very strange.
Florence Mwila said today “its a pride to be Zambian”. Since is best Zambian coach.
I disagree 100%. Nelly is the worst Speaker we have ever had. Yes she she is the first woman speaker, BUT her performance as been below par. She has been the most partisan speaker since independence. She fails to manage that deputy speaker Moyo who also nothing about parliamentary debates. If I had a way…..the two needed to be impeached immediately.
@dog, so your first woman was below par in bed compared to men you had?
Impeaching… trying to copy worlds from America.
I will want to know what criteria is used. This lady has been harassing and embarrassing members of the opposition constantly. Did the recommendation come from the British Empire High Commissioner?
This is an embarrassing lie. This foolish jaribu woman is a biased speaker who is a staunch upnd cadre. She can afford to buy awards using money that her family obtained from questionable activities
Order, order, order, order…
Is Hon. Amusa Mwanamwambwa aware of this Award? I hope he won’t be surprised about it as I am.
Congratulations, Madam Speaker for the feat.
I added a comment but it has been moderated by the chikarla moderator at LT. What I wanted to say is that nelly is a biaaatch
Congratulations to her.
I agree she deserves it .
She is very firm.
Of the ladies that have served in that role even at Deputy level, Catherine Namugala stands out as the best so far. WK Mutale Nalumango was doing well as Deputy until she decided to defend LPM’s absurd comment about the UPND being like the backside that’ll never be in front. This award doesn’t seat well with many Zambians, it can’t be celebrated as it’s an attempt to deceive the people. It’s just an award by an imperialist organization to a member of the puppet government at an event hosted by another puppet government. The US and the UK embraced Mobutu and hosted him at their events. These are empty awards
An award which is richly deserved.
She is excellent speaker of the house.
She deals in an excellent and firm manner with childish behaviour of the PF rabble and rubbish being spoken by the MP Lumezi
She is one of us but surely this is embarrassing! With all her shenanigans and cantankerous donkey missteps in parliament while not forgetting her grabbing her late dad’s properties from all her siblings, what manner of institution bestows such a girl with such an honour? Kauke kaufela bona ba ipinyelize sa fuchu!
This is SHAMEFUL. The Award for WHAT services? Britain pulled out of the European Union with an illusion that it would thrive under the Commonwealth of Nations. British politicians’ punitive sanctions against Zimbambwe, as they cunningly disowned the Lancaster House Agreement, will soon haunt the UK Govt. The Award to Mutti is merely an act of desperation. Besides, what is Tonny Blair looking for in Zambia? However, since the World is going through positive economic restructuring to challenge the IMF, the future of the Commonwealth is BLEAK.
The worst embarrassing period for Zambia was when pf were in power. Women were literally stripped naked and hacked with pangas in a stadium packed with people and culprits were reward for committing such horrible crimes. No opposition member could walk freely in their party colours without being harmed. Inocent People were killed without receing Justice. These are the worst days for Zambia, not the speaker biasness that is being pretty.
The worst embarrassing period for Zambia was when pf were in power. Women were literally stripped naked and hacked with pangas in a stadium packed with people and culprits were reward for committing such horrible crimes. No opposition member could walk freely in their party colours without being harmed. Inocent People were killed without receing Justice. These are the worst days for Zambia, not the speaker biasness that is being pretty…