The National Assembly has resolved to set up a joint ad hoc committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives to carry out a holistic investigation into the rising cases of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa. The committee, to be led by the Chairman of the National Assembly, will undertake a fact-finding…
Anti-smoking campaigners have accused the Coalition of secretly giving tobacco giants access to a parliamentary inquiry, a move they say undermines more than 15 years of precedent to protect public health. On Monday, representatives from tobacco company Philip Morris appeared before a Senate committee considering the illegal tobacco trade in Australia. Chaired by South Australian…
Nairobi — Bumula Member of Parliament Jack Wamboka has been suspended as chairperson of the Public Investments Committee (PIC) on Governance and Education, as National Assembly moves to investigate graft allegations levelled against him. National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gladys Boss Shollei announced the decision in a detailed ruling to the House on Wednesday, directing that…
Shorouk Express A third person familiar with the discussions said that while starting preparatory works would be a step in the right direction, the vote had been “fudged” for the reason that “it’s a scary big figure at a time when the government is taking unpalatable decisions and there’s no appetite to put it to…
Shorouk Express “The next step is now we are positioning the court to annul the decision and to prompt the President of the Parliament to put it up to a vote in the [plenary],” ESN’s Anderson told POLITICO. Inquiry committees are convened to look into allegations of wrongdoing by the EU’s institutions, including the powerful European…
Shorouk Express “For me, it is clear that the Commission and Parliament must stand united when it comes to something as fundamental as the EU budget,” Weber said, striking a conciliatory tone. “Today, I am confident that we will find a solution.” Center-left Socialists and Democrats chief Iratxe García warned the Commission of the consequences…
Shorouk Express Speaker Hoyle discussed the situation with his European counterpart to learn how such restrictions could be practically imposed in the U.K., the Telegraph reported. Hoyle’s office did not respond immediately to a request for comment. The move comes amid intense scrutiny of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government and the Crown Prosecution Service after…
Shorouk Express The EU’s former Brexit negotiator will sit with members of his party Les Républicains in the National Assembly, in a conservative group that now holds 50 of the French lower house’s 577 seats. As prime minister, Barnier led a minority government backed by Les Républicains and a coalition of parties supporting President Emmanuel…
Shorouk Express Work on security guarantees for Ukraine accelerated after a gathering of European leaders at the White House in August. But EU governments have yet to nail down what those could look like — and the extent of U.S. involvement. Zelenskyy said the best security guarantee is a “strong” Ukrainian army, backed by allies’ funding…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 18. Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament, and Ruslan Stefanchuk, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, held a phone conversation, Trend reports citing the parliament. The discussion focused on cooperation between the two countries’ parliaments, with both sides expressing satisfaction with the current state of relations. The speakers…
