Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Mukabalisa Donatille, with Deputy Speakers Edda Mukabagwiza and Sheikh M. Fazil interacted with Members of Parliament(MPs) of National Assembly of Zambia Reforms and Moderation Committee led by Second Deputy Speaker Moses F. Moyo.Â
They exchanged on the functioning of both parliaments and ways of strengthening parliamentary diplomacy.
“We come to benchmark in Rwanda and to learn more from Rwanda because they have a success story. We don’t have a pension scheme for our parliamentarians in Zambia and we want to learn more about how the scheme has benefited in Rwanda.” Second Deputy Speaker, Moses F Moyo, said.
“We commend the existing good relations between Rwanda and Zambia, and the ways we have established parliamentary friendship groups. This visit witnesses our commitment to further strengthening our relations.” Speaker Mukabalisa reacts .
The Parliamentary Reforms and Modernisation Committee of the National Assembly of Zambia consists of ten members appointed by the Speaker at the commencement of every session.
The duties of the Parliamentary Reforms and Modernisation Committee are to examine and propose reforms to the powers, procedures, practices, organisation and facilities of the National Assembly, provided that in proposing such reforms, the Committee shall bear in mind the balance of power between the respective constitutional responsibilities, roles of the National Assembly and the Government and the duties of other House-keeping Committees. (End)