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    • Court can’t stop Bill 7, it’s already in Parliament – Speaker
      SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has ruled that Bill 7 can still return to Parliament for further consideration, should the Minister of Justice choose to proceed with it. She says this is because the courts lack jurisdiction and cannot interfere with the internal proceedings of the National Assembly. The Speaker was ruling on a point of order raised.......
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    • PF is still a viable party? With which structure, which leader, and which vision?
      WHEN Nakonde MP Honourable Lukas Simumba boldly declares that the Patriotic Front (PF) is still a “viable opposition” poised to unseat the UPND in 2026, one cannot help but ask: viable with which structure, which leader, and which vision? He says: “We are still a viable opposition. We are the people who expose these people’s (UPND) maladministration and malfunction. Remember we were in government… So, I can assure you come 2026, the UPND is gone. So, what I think is that the Zambians have already made a decision that no matter what, we don’t want.......
    • Court can’t stop Bill 7, it’s already in Parliament – Speaker
      SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has ruled that Bill 7 can still return to Parliament for further consideration, should the Minister of Justice choose to proceed with it. She says this is because the courts lack jurisdiction and cannot interfere with the internal proceedings of the National Assembly. The Speaker was ruling on a point of order raised by Luena UPND MP Mubita Anakoka, who questioned whether the House was in order to remain silent in light of the Constitutional Court’s judgement, declaring the Constitution-making process as unconstitutional. In her ruling yesterday, Speaker.......
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      I think Police summon is over Lungu funeral interview – Nakacinda
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      Govt spends K11bn on debt servicing in June
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      Cout denies bail to man accused of infecting daughter with HIV
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