The Speaker of the National Assembly Rt. Hon Justice Dr Patrick Matibini, SC, MP on Wednesday, 1st November, 2017 launched the Public Finance Management (PFM) Handbook at Parliament Buildings.  The PFM Handbook is available on the National Assembly website.
 

Mrs Cecilia Mbewe was sworn in as Clerk of the National Assembly of Zambia by His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa Lungu at State House on Wednesday 25th October, 2017. In accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of the National Assembly Staff Act, CAP 257 of the Laws of Zambia, the Members of Parliament at their Sitting of 5th October, 2017, ratified the Presidential appointment of Mrs Cecilia Nsenduluka Mbewe as Clerk of the National Assembly.

St. Petersburg, 16 October 2017
 
A new report (and Executive Summary) by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has found that parliaments are committed to overseeing their governments but in practice face significant challenges in doing so.
 

Speaker of the National Assembly Rt. Honourable Justice Dr Patrick Matibini, SC, MP on Tuesday, 3rd October, 2017 signed up the Heforshe Campaign at Parliament Buildings. The Heforshe campaign is a global solidarity movement which was started by the United Nations Women (UN Women) and launched by the United Nations Secretary General in September 2014 in order to get different stakeholders, particularly men, involved in the fight for gender equality.