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IPU e-Bulletin No. 6, 30th June 2015

World Speakers to focus on democracy, peace and development - Preparations for the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, taking place at UN Headquarters in New York from 31 August-2 September, are being finalized with a focus on placing democracy at the service of peace and sustainable development. The Conference Preparatory Committee, comprising some 25 Speakers, members of the IPU Executive Committee and the representative of the UN Secretary General, met in Geneva in June to agree to the agenda, format and main documents of the Conference.

Parliamentarians vote to increase External Loans

On Thursday, 25th June, 2015 an Order was read for resuming the debate of 24th June, 2015 where the Minister of Finance moved a motion and proposed that, in terms of Section 3 of the Loans and Guarantees (Authorization) Act, Chapter 366 of the Laws of Zambia, the House authorize the Minister of Finance to increase, by Statutory Instrument, the amount outstanding at any given time on External Loans from thirty-five billion kwacha to sixty billion kwacha.
The housed subsequently divided and voted as follows
AYES              -    74
NOES              -    41

Wednesday, 1st July, 2015

Submitted by muswa on Tue, 2015-06-30 20:36


NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FOURTH SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER – WEDNESDAY, 1ST JULY, 2015

AT 1430 HOURS

 

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

571    Mr Mufalali (Senanga) - to ask the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a)    when the Government will improve the water reticulation system in Senanga District; and

(b)    what the cause of the erratic water supply is.

Debates - Thursday, 18th June, 2015

Submitted by leslie on Tue, 2015-06-30 09:26

Thursday, 18th June, 2015

The House met at 1430 hour

[MR SPEAKER in the Chair]

NATIONAL ANTHEM

PRAYER

__________

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

CONSTRUCTION OF FREEDOM PARK SHOPPING MALL

526.    Mr Mutale (Kwacha) asked the Minister of Local Government and Housing:

(a)    why the construction of the Freedom Park Mall in Kitwe had stalled;

(b)    who the owners of the mall were;

IPU human rights mission to Malaysia includes Anwar Ibrahim prison visit

Geneva, 29 June 2015
 
An IPU human rights delegation today (29 June) has begun a three-day mission to Malaysia which includes a prison visit to jailed former opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.
 
A three-member IPU team from the Organization’s Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians will assess the conditions in which Anwar is being held amid concerns that the 67-year-old is in increasingly frail health. A meeting will also be held with his wife and daughter.   
 

Tueday, 30th June, 2015

Submitted by david on Mon, 2015-06-29 17:01

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA

FOURTH SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY

ORDER PAPER – TUESDAY, 30TH JUNE, 2015

AT 1430 HOURS

 

QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

561    Mr Mucheleka (Lubansenshi) - to ask the Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication:

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