Thu, 08 Dec 2016 07:48:05 +0000 By Oscar Malipenga SPEAKER of the National Assembly Dr. Patrick Matibini yesterday declined to intervene in the Copperbelt illegal land allocation scandal involving Patriotic Front (PF) officials. Dr. Matibini guided the House that there was no extreme urgency to warrant the intervention of his office on the alleged illegal allocation of plots on the Copperbelt. The Speaker said this when he rendered a ruling on a point of order raised by United Party for National Development (UPND) Chief Whip Garry Nkombo who sought the Speaker’s intervention on the contradiction of Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Davis Mwila and Copperbelt Province Bowman Lusambo on the matter. Dr. Matibini told Mr Nkombo that he was at liberty to interrogate the Patriotic Front on the contradiction of Mr Mwila and Mr Lusambo by asking a question on the floor of the House. In his point of order, Mr Nkombo told the House […]
