The National Assembly of Zambia has taken a significant step towards enhancing its budget oversight role by training selected staff from various departments on sector budget analysis, annual borrowing plans and gender-responsive budgeting. The workshop held from 19^th to 23^rd August 2024 at Golden Sonnets Hotel in Kabwe, was organized in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR).

The National Assembly of Zambia with the support of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) undertook a two-day capacity building and information sharing training workshop at Lake Safari Lodge in Siavonga. The objective of the training was among other things to build the capacity of Parliamentary Researchers so that they can appreciate the extent of child, early and forced marriages, health and nutrition and educational outcomes for children in the wake of the severe drought instigated by climate change in the country.

Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia, the Rt Hon Nelly B K Mutti, SC, MP, FAPRA has called on Members of Parliament (MPs) to take an active role in combating the escalating human-wildlife conflicts in Zambia.

Speaker Mutti said MPs must be instrumental in raising public awareness, mobilizing community action and influence policy reforms to address the issue effectively.

Visiting Burundian President, Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on Zambia to intensify trade and investment relations between the two nations. He made this appeal while addressing the National Assembly of Zambia on Friday, 2^nd August, 2024, at Parliament Buildings.

President Ndayishimiye stated that Zambia and Burundi are endowed with abundant human and natural resources, which could significantly contribute to the developmental goals of both nations.