MPs ignored protocol: Mudenda

Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda has said members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines ignored protocol when they held an urgent meeting on January 15 this year to discuss the scourge of violent gold panners commonly referred to as Mashurugwi.

The MPs felt the matter was too important to be ignored and insisted on holding the meeting, but demanded that Parliament reimburse their expenses.

But Mudenda dismissed the claims by the MPs, arguing that the legislators went outside protocol to conduct their meeting.

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