The National Assembly on Tuesday started off on a rocky note as the Speaker, Professor Peter Katjavivi, asked Landless People's Movement (LPM) MP Henny Seibeb to refrain from cursing and using foul language in the house.
In a move to bolster the country's payment system infrastructure, the Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises submitted a notice of motion to introduce a Banking Systems Bill in the National Assembly.
The Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Carl Schlettwein, is displeased by the trend of postponement of motion debates in the National Assembly.
This worrying trend, he explains, results in either neglect of or indefinite delays in deliberation on issues of national concern.
Dr. Job Shipululo Amupanda, a prominent political science scholar and Senior Lecturer at the University of Namibia has submitted an urgent petition to the National Assembly, calling for an immediate halt to what he terms the rushed passage of 13 Bills.
The debate around whether commercial banks are profiteering from clients through what MPs call multiple unethical charges triggered intense discussion in the National Assembly.
Several MPs in the National Assembly have resisted its current format, the N$1 million motion tabled by Swapo MP Elifa Dingara.
Dingara tabled a motion proposing that every Namibian be given a million dollars to keep poverty at bay.
Some lawmakers called the motion unrealistic.
Members of the Provincial Council of KwaZulu-Natal are currently in Namibia on a two-day benchmark study visit aimed at enhancing their systems and processes within the legislature.
The delegation comprises members from two standing committees: the Rules Committee and the Programme Committee.
Tensions ran high in the National Assembly as the House resumed its sessions this week.
The chambers of the House of Lawmaking were once again immersed in intense drama.
The bill to establish the Constituency Development Fund will soon be tabled in the National Assembly for deliberation and possible adoption.
The Seventh Session of the Seventh Parliament, which took a recess at the end of April, is set to resume tomorrow. This signals the continuation of the last session of the Seventh National Assembly.
