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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir “IF you fail academically, then be a Member of Parliament — the only profession where academic qualifications don’t matter,” said one of the readers in response to one of the instalments on this column.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir Does the number of Members of Parliament reflect the quality of representation of the people? Is representation about quantity or quality? Or does it mean, the more MPs a country has, the better representation?
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir Every Wednesday when the National Assembly sits, the first session is dedicated to questions without notice and written ones. In the Senate, that session is slated for Thursday when the Upper House sits. This presents an opportunity for backbenchers (MPs who are not
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir OUR parliamentarians will find it difficult to earn public trust as long as they continue with their vacuous deliberations in that august House.
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Lloyd GumboMr Speaker, Sir Ministers overshadowing some of those ministries were at pains to explain what led to these top executives crossing the red line but still the people’s representatives in the third pillar of the State were not satisfied as they felt the ministers were being disingenuous.While some
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir Legislators are entitled to US$75 per sitting for both committee and House sessions. This means the 290 backbenchers that we have in both houses would chew almost US$22 000 per day if they all attended. This is in addition to hotel accommodation, meals and fuel coupons
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir It’S official, the proposed 2014 National Budget is predominantly to do with about two percent of our population, if submissions by various ministries to Parliamentary Portfolio and Thematic Committees this week are anything to go-by, notwithstanding
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir By virtue of being representatives of the people, Members of Parliament are best placed to know the country’s needs, something that makes their debate relevant in making sure the financial plan is in sync with the country’s priorities.
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Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter The inclusive Government era proved that where polarisation blooms, meaningful discussions wither. Zimbabwe’s Parliament in 2013 was characterised by polarisation along party lines as had become the major characteristic of the august
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir DEBATES in Parliament are often characterised by polarisation and highly charged exchanges between Zanu-PF and MDC-T legislators mostly influenced by political grandstanding than ideological differences.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir Our parliamentarians were back in Harare to consider the National Budget that was presented by Finance and Economic Planning Minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday.
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Mr Speaker Sir Lloyd Gumbo Malaysia’s Balani Moses, executive editor of The Sun newspaper in that country says, “News is something, someone, somewhere tries to hide somewhere, anything else is public relations.” This aptly describes the path that journalists have to straddle in discharging their
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Lloyd Gumbo CARE for a little stand-up comedy? Or a talk show of senior citizens (served as some monotonous and soporific)? Well it all depends on your age and taste, doesn’t it?