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Senate Acting President announces MDC-T new senator for Bulawayo
07 May 2016 at 10:49hrs | Views
The Acting Senate President Senator Charles Tavengwa on Wednesday announced to the senate that in terms of Section 39 (7) (a) of the Electoral Act, [Chapter 2:13], The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), has notified the Clerk of Parliament of the nomination of Senator Victor Mapungwana as a Senator for Bulawayo.
He said Mapungwana, a registered voter in Ward 9 of Mpopoma, Phelandaba in Bulawayo, was nominated by the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC-T) Party, to fill in the vacancy that occurred in the Senate following the recall by the MDC-T Party of the incumbent Matson Hlalo on the grounds that he had ceased to be a member of that party.
"Senator Mapungwana was duly appointed Senator for Bulawayo Province with effect from the 29th of April, 2016. Section 128 (1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe provides that before a Member of Parliament takes his/her seat in Parliament, the Member must take the Oath of the Member of a Parliament in the form set out in the Third Schedule, Section 128 (2) which states that the oath must be taken before the Clerk of Parliament," said Tavengwa.
He said Mapungwana, a registered voter in Ward 9 of Mpopoma, Phelandaba in Bulawayo, was nominated by the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC-T) Party, to fill in the vacancy that occurred in the Senate following the recall by the MDC-T Party of the incumbent Matson Hlalo on the grounds that he had ceased to be a member of that party.
"Senator Mapungwana was duly appointed Senator for Bulawayo Province with effect from the 29th of April, 2016. Section 128 (1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe provides that before a Member of Parliament takes his/her seat in Parliament, the Member must take the Oath of the Member of a Parliament in the form set out in the Third Schedule, Section 128 (2) which states that the oath must be taken before the Clerk of Parliament," said Tavengwa.
Source - Byo24News
