The Chairperson of the National Council, Lukas Muha, has urged parliamentary standing committees to effectively plan and coordinate activities to avoid duplication of tasks in their oversight duties.
Speaker of the National Assembly Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said the National Assembly is not just renaming rooms and halls within but is breathing life into Namibia's shared history and common purpose by bestowing the names of forebearers upon the spaces where democracy is anchored.
The Chairperson of the National Council, Lukas Muha, has expressed dismay at the underperformance of the National Council for having tabled and endorsed only 10 reports to Parliament between 2020 and 2025.
The draft Migration Bill seeks to align the three-decade-old immigration legislation with current migration trends and challenges.
The Director of Immigration and Border Control, Danelie |Naris, revealed this during ||Kharas stakeholder consultations on the draft bill held in Keetmanshoop.
Married couples seeking divorce will no longer have to prove adultery, cruelty, desertion or other forms of marital misconduct following the implementation of the Dissolution of Marriages Act, 2024.
The National Assembly resumed today after about a month on recess, with the first order of the day being the Public Governance Amendment Bill.
The National Assembly is scheduled to reconvene tomorrow.
The National Assembly adjourned on the 30th of April and went on a month-long recess. During the recess period, MPs carried out oversight visits and other constituency-related responsibilities throughout the country.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Youth, Civic Relations, and Community Development has set in motion to engage and investigate how stakeholders and the government address the mushrooming of nursing schools and health training centres in the country.
Swapo Party Member of Parliament Leonard Shikulo raised concern about purported inefficiency in the operations of the Office of the Attorney General.
Contributing to discussions on the institution's budget allocation, he cited poor service delivery and untimely intervention.
Both the Zambian cabinet and parliament were dissolved last Friday in line with the country's constitution in readiness for the August general election.
This is in accordance with the national constitution, which requires automatic dissolution 90 days prior to a general election.
