THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, JUSTICE DR PATRICK MATIBINI, SC, MP, ATTENDS THE 9^TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF SPEAKERS OF AFRICAN PARLIAMENTS, 10 -11^TH AUGUST, 2017

he Minister of Justice held a press statement on the official launch of the stakeholder  engagement on the development of the political parties bill.

The National Assembly of Zambia which is participating at the 91st Agriculture and Commercial Show under theme “Promoting a Green Economy” was yesterday (Thursday, 3rd August, 2017) visited by madam First Lady Mrs. Ester Lungu. Madam First Lady who was received by the Acting Clerk of the National Assembly, Mrs Cecilia Mbewe was impressed with Parliament exhibiting at the show urged the legislators to enact the legislation on the age of when one can get into marriages in Zambia.

Hon Mwimba Malama, MP, Second Deputy Speaker, is leading a Delegation at the 16^th Commonwealth Speakers’ and Presiding Officers Conference, which was officially, opened by His Excellency the Acting President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo at the ECOWAS Parliament Buildings in Abuja, Nigeria on Tuesday 25^th July, 2017.

The theme for the Conference is, “The Presiding Officers in a Changing Society.” The conference has attracted delegates who are expected to discuss the following various topics:

By Moses Magadza
Mahe, Seychelles – Africa will account for approximately 80 percent of the projected four billion increase in the global population by the year 2100, according to the United Nations.

By Moses Magadza
MAHE, SEYCHELLES - Delegates to the first ever Women’s Parliament which ended here on July 6 2017 have called for sustained engagement over issues dealt with during the Parliament.
    The SADC Parliamentary Forum, the Regional Women’s Parliamentary Caucus (RWPC) and other cooperation partners, notably ARASA, organized the Women’s Parliament, which sought to rally female Members of Parliament around Resolution 60/2 on the status of Women, Children and the Girl Child. Resolution 60/2 seeks to end HIV infection among women and girls.

The National Assembly of Zambia with the support of the European Union under the Support to the National Assembly Project hosted a Public Financial Management Training Worksop for Members of Parliament in Lusaka at the Intercontinental Hotel on Saturday, 17^th June, 2017.

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESS RELEASE

                                                                        For immediate release, 14th June, 2017

RULING BY THE HON MR SPEAKER AGAINST 48 HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED PARTY FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (UPND) FOR BOYCOTTING THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS ON THE APPLICATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES AND PRINCIPLES BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, MR EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU, ON FRIDAY, 17TH MARCH, 2017

Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon Justice Dr Patrick Matibini, SC, MCIArb, MP has urged female Members of Parliament to up their game in scrutinizing Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) issues which include, among others, the levels of HIV and AIDS funding and determine whether these are adequate to finance the national HIV response.