After an acrimonious session in the Parliament that lasted one hour, the Speaker of Parliament reconvened the house and business resumed. She then noted that the suspension of the 25 MPs earlier wouldn’t not deter the Parliament from transacting scheduled business on the Order Paper. “The Rules Committee to look up the footage and identify the members who caused damage, they will be taken to the Disciplinary Committee and they will be obliged to pay for the damage out of their salaries. Also, I instruct the Rules Committee to investigate that situation and give us a report.”

The mover of the motion Igara West MP Raphael Magyezi was then given the floor, he was seeking the leave of the Parliament for permission to draw the Private Member’s Bill to amend Article 102 (b) of the Constitution to remove the 75-year age limit for one to seek election as the President. “I am concerned that the eligibility requirements for persons to be elected as the President or District Chairperson being part to the necessary electoral reforms must be reviewed that you grant me leave to proceed and introduce a Private Member’s Bill to effect the