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Harare East legislator Tendai Biti has castigated Parliament for focusing on “stupid” things at the expense of its important role of providing oversight when it met on Tuesday. Parliament met on Tuesday where about four MDC Alliance legislators were recalled from as a result of the ongoing MDC power wrangles. However, speaking at a virtual …
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Legislators have asked the government to consider paying their salaries pegged at the interbank rate, arguing that what they are currently getting is accounting to nothing as it is not enough to pay school fees for their children. With this request, the legislators have joined the rest of civil servants who have been asking for …
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Lack of quorum forced the National Assembly to adjourn again this week on Wednesday as legislators left the House before the business could be concluded. According to Standing Order number 56 (1), the quorum of the House must be 70 members and if there are less than 70 members the chair must cause bells to …
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Glenview South legislator Vincent Tsvangirai has finally broken his five-months silence in the National Assembly. VIDEO: FULL INTERVIEW WITH VINCENT TSVANGIRAI Tsvangirai who won the Glenview South seat through a by-election in September last year is one of the sons of the late MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai and is currently the youngest legislator in …
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Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda said Harare East legislator Tendai Biti and Mbizo legislator Settlement Chikwinya will not be punished for allegedly making inflammatory statements in the House due to poor audio evidence. Honourable Biti is alleged to have insulted Umzingwane legislator Levi Mayihlome while Honourable Chikwinya was accused of saying that Vice …
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Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo has urged legislators to stop travelling to China for business or shopping until such a time when coronavirus has been contained. Legislators and politicians in Zimbabwe are fond of going to China for both shopping medical reasons, with Vice President Constantino Chiwenga having spent many months there. Speaking …
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By Michelle Muchina Proportional Representation legislator Esther Chikuni says most women in Parliament have bright ideas but fail to bring them out due to lack of education. Women legislators have been accused of underperforming in Parliament to the extent that questions have been raised as to whether it is still justified to extend the term of …
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Legislators have accused Parliament of failing to honour an agreement which was made in Victoria Falls during a lavish pre-budget seminar which would see them being paid an allowance for visiting their constituencies when Parliament is on break. The pre-budget seminar has literally become a platform for legislators to put their demands forward to the …
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By Michelle Muchina Zimbabwe Women Parliamentary Caucus secretary-general Honourable Concillia Chinanzvavana says even though women constitute the majority, and are ambitious, they are however prevented from effectively participating in politics by poverty, adding that politics requires a lot of resources. Politics in Zimbabwe normally requires people with a lot of money due to prevalent cases …
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