National Assembly of Zambia

Joined the Commonwealth: 24 October 1964

CPA Branch formed: 1 January 1948

Unicameral/Bicameral: Unicameral

Parliament website: http://www.parliament.gov.zm/

Number of Departmental/Ministry Oversight Committees: 14 (Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources; Committee on Media, Information and Communication Technologies; Committee on Education, Science and Technology; Committee on Energy, Water Development and Tourism; Committee on Health, Community Development and Social Services; Committee on Legal Affairs, Human Rights, National Guidance, Gender Matters and Governance; Committee on Local Government Accounts; Committee on Local Governance, Housing and Chiefs' Affairs; Committee on National Economy, Trade and Labour Matters; Committee on National Security and Foreign Affairs; Committee on Parastatal Bodies; Committee on Cabinet Affairs; Committee on Transport, Works and Supply; Committee on Youth, Sport and Child Matters)

Names of House Management (such as Privileges or Procedure) Committees: Standing Orders Committee, House Business Committee, Committee on Privileges, Absences and Support Services, Reforms and Modernisation Committee

Articles in The Parliamentarian (2013 to present)

• The Parliamentarian 2023 Issue One - 'The Zambian experience of e-Parliaments and technology' by Hon. Nelly Mutti, Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia 
  
• The Parliamentarian 2022 Issue One - Two halves make a whole: Lessons from the Parliament of Sweden - gender equality in politics - by Mr Aaron Mwewa, Deputy Chief Hansard Editor at the National Assembly of Zambia and Editorial Advisory Board for The Parliamentarian member for the CPA Africa Region
  
• The Parliamentarian 2019 Issue Three - CPA Technical Assistance Programme for the Parliament of Zambia
  
• The Parliamentarian 2017 Issue Two - Women in Parliament: Speech at Zambia Post-Election Seminar by Hon. Angela Thoko Didiza MP, Chairperson of CWP Africa Region (CPA South Africa Branch)
  
• The Parliamentarian 2016 Issue Three - Tribute to Hon. Request Muntanga MP, Former CPA Treasurer

Other CPA content

• WATCH | How the National Assembly of Zambia added sign language to parliamentary broadcasts
• LISTEN | Interview with Rt Hon. Nelly Mutti, Speaker of the National Assembly of Zambia, on Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth, a CPA podcast