SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has ruled that the six PF MPs who were alleged to have defected to the UPND have not joined the ruling party but simply expressed interest in joining. Speaker Mutti says the National Assembly wrote to PF MPs Michael Katambo, Sydney Mushanga, Sunday Chanda, Joel Chibuye, Marjorie Nakaponda and Leevan Chibombwe, regarding the alleged defection and they all denied defecting to the UPND. Recently, Lukashya PF MP George Chisanga raised a point of order wondering whether the PF MPs who had publicly joined the UPND, were not abrogating the Constitution by remaining in the House. In a ruling rendered yesterday in the National Assembly, Speaker Mutti said the MPs had not abrogated the...