Sat, 10 Dec 2016 12:07:39 +0000 THERE was a near punch-up in Parliament yesterday between Patriotic Front Member of Parliament for Chitambo Constituency, Remember Mutale, and his Independent counterpart for Chipili Constituency, Jewis Chabi, regarding overtime allowances after a motion was moved to extend the sitting hours of the House. Mr Mutale and Mr Chabi exchanged bitter, unprintable words and nearly turned Parliament into a boxing ring after a rumour circulated in the House that Government had no money and Parliament was therefore not going to pay MPs overtime for sitting in the House on extended hours. The confrontation happened immediately after Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini called a division on the notice of motion to suspend standing order 19, 20, 21 (1) and 101 to enable the House to start sitting from 09:00 each day from Tuesday, 13 December, until all business before the House was completed after which the House […]
