NC session ends abruptly due to heated exchanges

The National Council (NC) session today ended abruptly because of heated exchanges between some parliamentarians.

The session spiralled into chaos as Members of Parliament (MP) raised concerns over a report tabled by the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure, and Housing on its oversight mission to the regions.

NC MP and Independent candidate Paulus Mbangu demanded that the report be withdrawn as it was not in conformity with the set standards of parliamentary reports.

The issue took centre stage when Landless People’s Movement MP Harald Kambrude took the floor, expressing serious concern over grammatical errors in the report and describing it as substandard.

Kambrude told fellow lawmakers to go back to school to improve their skills.

The majority of the house proposed that the report be referred back to the Standing Committee for significant changes to be made to bring it up to standard.