VICE-President Mutale Nalumango has presented the Public Holidays Amendment Bill in the National Assembly, which seeks to remove the practice of making Monday a public holiday when the actual holiday falls on a Sunday. Government also presented the National Assembly Speaker’s Retirement Benefits Bill, the Benefits of Former Chief Justice Bill, the Penal Code Amendment Bill, the Public Gatherings Bill, the National Pensions Scheme Bill and the Local Government Amendment Bill. Speaking when she presented the National Assembly Speaker’s Retirement Benefits Bill, Thursday, Vice-President Nalumango said the object of the Bill was to provide for the retirement benefits of a former Speaker of the National Assembly. The Vice-President added that the House will consider 74 Bills from May 4 to...




