MPs decry ‘Escrow’ report spill
Led by nominated MP James Mbatia, legislators termed it as intrusion of Parliamentary powers and thus in contravention of Parliamentary Powers, Rights and Privileges Act No.3 of 1988 Soon after the morning Questions-and-Answers session, Mr Mbatia raised the matter that had led to the weekend’s arrest of the suspect who was found with the documents. Mr Mbatia said the suspect was arrested on Sunday following a complaint filed by the Clerk of the National Assembly, Dr Thomas Kashilila. The suspect was found with three different documents, two of which bore the official rubber stamp of the office of the Clerk. The other one did not have any stamp. Mr Mbatia called on the Speaker, Ms Anna Makinda, to first suspend the day’s Bunge activities to open the floor to debate on the matter, including how the documents had left the Parliament’s precincts. Ms Makinda intervened saying it was not yet clear how the suspect acquired the said documents, but that it would be more procedural if the House ...