By KETRA KALUNGATHE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has written to the Ministry of Justice to ensure that ministers appointed to new and re-aligned ministries are sworn-in again after National Assembly approval.LAZ President, Abyudi Shonga, confirmed that the association had written to Justice Minister, Mulambo Haimbe, demanding that the anomaly surrounding the creation and merging of ministries be corrected.Mr Shonga said ministers who were sworn-in to spearhead new ministries would have to be sworn-in again after parliamentary approval in line with the constitution.He said new and merged ministries would only take effect after they had been approved by Parliament, insisting that President Hakainde Hichilema erred in swearing in ministers to non-existent ministries.“There is no problem with the appointment but there might then be a problem with swearing-in because swearing in must come after the ministries have been properly approved by the National Assembly,” he said.Mr Shonga said the matter should be corrected by ensuring that […]
LAZ ASKS THE GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE MINISTERS APPOINTED IN NEW AND RE-ALIGNED MINISTRIES ARE SWORN-IN AGAIN.
