Emmanuel Mwamba won’t say the 5 nominated MPs are from 5 different provinces: Eastern (Nkhoma), Northern (Siame), Western (Anakoka), Muchinga (Chilengi) and Southern (Haimbe)

PRESIDENT HICHILEMA NOMINATES FIRST FIVE TO PARLIAMENT President Hakainde Hichilema has nominated the first five Members of Parliament, with additional nominees expected to be announced later. The first batch of nominees comprises former Foreign Affairs Minister Mulambo Haimbe, former Zambia National Public Health Institute Director-General Roma Chilengi, economist Noel Nkoma, University of Zambia academic Gilbert […]

PRESIDENT HICHILEMA NOMINATES FIRST FIVE TO PARLIAMENT

President Hakainde Hichilema has nominated the first five Members of Parliament, with additional nominees expected to be announced later.

The first batch of nominees comprises former Foreign Affairs Minister Mulambo Haimbe, former Zambia National Public Health Institute Director-General Roma Chilengi, economist Noel Nkoma, University of Zambia academic Gilbert Siame and former Luena Member of Parliament Mubita Anakoka.

The five nominees have since taken their oaths of office before Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti, who presided over the swearing-in ceremony.

The nominations form part of the President’s constitutional mandate to appoint Eleven (11) Members of Parliament through nomination.