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Ruling by the Hon. Mr. Second Deputy Speaker - On a Point of Order raised by Hon. G G Nkombo, MP, against Mr. P Twasa, MP, on whether he was in Order to allege that functions of the Zambia Police Service Commission have been hijacked by Cabinet Office
Submitted by leslie on Mon, 2021-12-06 08:46
RULING BY THE HON MR SECOND DEPUTY SPEAKER ON A POINT OF ORDER RAISED BY HON G G NKOMBO, MP, MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGAINST MR P TWASA, MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR KASENENGWA PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY, ON WHETHER MR P TWASA, MP, WAS IN ORDER TO ALLEGE THAT FUNCTIONS OF THE ZAMBIA POLICE SERVICE
COMMISSION HAVE BEEN HIJACKED BY CABINET OFFICE
Hon Members, the House will recall that on Tuesday,1 st December, 2021, when the House was considering Head 10 – Zambia Police Service Commission and Mr Mr P Twasa, Member of Parliament for Kasenengwa Parliamentary Constituency , was on the Floor, Hon G G Nkombo, MP, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development raised a Point of Order. The gist of Hon G G Nkombo MP’s Point of Order was whether Mr P Twasa MP, was in order to allege that Cabinet had hijacked a function of service commissions by employing police officers without stating which police officers had been employed by Cabinet.
In my immediate response to the Point of Order, I, sitting as Chairperson of the Committee of Supply, reserved my ruling to enable me study the matter. I have studied the matter and I will now render the ruling.
Hon Members, Standing Order 131 of the National Assembly of Zambia Standing Orders, 2021 provides for the procedure to be followed when raising a Point of Order. In particular, Standing Order 131(3) states:
“In raising a Point of Order, a member shall cite the Standing Order, law on privilege of members, rule of procedure or practice, which has been allegedly breached.” Hon Members, I have perused the relevant verbatim record of what transpired on the material day and it is clear that in raising his Point of Order, Hon G G Nkombo, MP, did not cite the Standing Order, law on privilege or rule of procedure that Mr Twasa, MP, had breached. In view of this, the Point of Order breached the procedural requirement I have just outlined. The Point of Order is, therefore, inadmissible. I wish to remind Hon Members to clearly cite the rule, law, privilege,
practice or procedure breached whenever they raise a Point of Order.
I thank you.
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Ruling Date:
Friday, December 3, 2021
Parliamentary Period:
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