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SIMBAO CALLS FOR CONCERTED EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF CHILDREN WITHOUT PROPER PARENTAL CARE

The Chairperson for the Parliamentary Caucus on Children, Mr Kapembwa Simbao, MP, has bemoaned the rising number of children without proper parental care in Zambia.

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USE BUDGETARY FUNCTION TO FUND SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS PROGRAMMES – KALILA URGES FELLOW PARLIAMENTARIANS

Members of Parliament have been urged to effectively use the Budgetary Function in order to provide the much needed financial resources to programmes across sectors that deal with Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).

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Duarte Pacheco elected IPU President

Mr. Duarte Pacheco has been elected as the 30th President of the IPU after an unprecedented online election during an extraordinary virtual session of the IPU’s Governing Council, its main decision-making body made up of parliamentarians from around the world.

Mr. Pacheco takes over from Ms. Gabriela Cuevas Barron, a Mexican parliamentarian, who has just concluded her three-year mandate.

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NAMUGALA WELCOMES COLLABORATION WITH UNDP AND ECZ

The First Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia, Honourable Catherine Namugala, MP, has welcomed the partnership between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and National Assembly of Zambia which goes as far back as the early days of the Parliamentary Reforms whose implementation commenced after Zambia reverted to multi-partism.

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NAMUGALA WELCOMES COLLABORATION UNDP AND ECZ

SPEAKER MATIBINI COMMENDS MPS FOR INTERROGATING THE CSE

Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia, Rt. Hon Mr Justice Dr Patrick Matibini, SC, BA, FCIArb, MP has urged Members of Parliament to interrogate the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) policy from an oversight perspective and appreciate its contents in relation to the process of its development and the culmination into its implementation.

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SPEAKER MATIBINI COMMENDS MP'S FOR INTERROGATING THE CSE

The Minister of Finance, Dr Bwalya Ng'andu, MP, presents the 2021 National Budget

The Honourable Minister of Finance, Dr Bwalya Ng'andu, MP, presented the 2021 National Budget to the National Assembly on Friday, 25th September, 2020.

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The Minister of Finance
Dr Bwalya Ng'andu
MP
presents the 2021 National Budget

Speaker Urges MPs to embrace Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting

The Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia, the Rt. Hon Mr Justice Dr Patrick Matibini, SC, BA, FCIArb, MP has observed that gender inequality is a serious global challenge with half of the world’s population struggling to eliminate both the obvious and invisible barriers of gender equality.

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HIS EXCELLENCY, MR. EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA, OFFICIALLY OPENS THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE TWELFTH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

His Excellency, Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, President of the Republic of Zambia, Officially Opens the Fifth Session of the Twelfth National Assembly. Friday, 11th September, 2020.

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HIS EXCELLENCY
MR. EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA
OFFICIALLY OPENS THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE TWELFTH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Parliament TV now on DSTV and GOTV

The National Assembly of Zambia in partnership with Multi Choice Group Limited has launched Parliament TV on DSTV channel 272 and GOTV channel 100.  The two Channels were virtually launched on Thursday, 3rd September, 2020 by the Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia, Rt. Hon Mr Justice Dr Patrick Matibini, SC, BA, FCIArb, MP.

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CPA Executive Committee approves the postponement of annual gathering of Commonwealth Parliamentarians at 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Canada

The CPA Executive Committee, meeting virtually from 19-22 August 2020, has approved the postponement of the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) due to be hosted by the CPA Canada Region in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in January 2021.


The decision to postpone the CPA annual conference was the result of ongoing travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 global pandemic and the quarantine restrictions in place between different countries. The CPC will now be postponed to a future date in August 2021.

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