First Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia, Hon Catherine Namugala, MP has said children should be given a platform and the right tools in the development process. 

The Rt Hon Justice Dr Patrick Matibini, SC, MP, Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia, joined the Head of State, His Excellency Mr Edgar Lungu President of the Republic of Zambia, other Senior Government Officials and Military personnel in honouring the fallen heroes of the First World War 1 (WW1) on Sunday 11^th November, 2018, at the Cenotaph in Lusaka.

The Remembrance Day is an annual memorial observed by a two minute silence to honour the service men, women and civilians who lost their lives in the First World War (WW1).

Speaker of the National Assembly Hon Justice Dr Patrick Matibini, MP, SC, has said that there is need to have a strong parliamentary oversight accountability committee system which should play a critical role in the prudent utilisation of public resources. He said that such a system would provide checks and balances required to ensure a properly functioning and transparent public financial management.

Members of the Pan African Parliament have been urged to champion the ratification of the Malabo Protocol to the Constitutive Act of the African Union relating to the Pan African Parliament. Speaking during the official opening of the First Session of the Fifth Parliament of the Pan African Parliament in Kigali, Rwanda, President of the Pan African Parliament, Honourable Roger Nkodo Dang called on the Members to work towards the ratification of the Malabo Protocol in their respective countries and in the member countries of the African Union.