Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:45:10 +0000 THE near punch-up at Parliament last week was caused by the UPND Members of Parliament (MPs) who rejected a motion by the PF to begin sitting at 09:00 hours unless their K1 500 allowance was doubled to K3 000, President Edgar Lungu has revealed. And PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri has branded the UPND Parliamentarians greedy individuals who were in Parliament for money and not to serve Zambians. Meanwhile, President Lungu has reiterated his warning that he would not hesitate to fire civil servants with the propensity of frustrating government programmes in a scheme to make Zambians rise against Government. President Lungu said when PF Chief Whip Richard Musukwa moved a motion to allow MPs to sit from 09:00hours, all UPND Parliamentarians rejected the motion but instead demanded that their allowance of K1, 500 be doubled. The President said it was clear that the UPND Parliamentarians were in […]
