The fifth session of the eleventh National Assembly resumes sitting this afternoon, Tuesday, February 9, 2016.
Parliament adjourned sine die on Friday, December 11, 2015.
Clerk of the National Assembly Doris Mwinga announced the resumption of parliamentary sittings.
This is the last sitting of the Eleventh Assembly whose life started in 2011 with the coming into office of the Patriotic Front.
President Edgar Lungu is expected to dissolve the eleventh National Assembly in May, in readiness for the General elections slated for August 11.
However before adjourning sine die on December 10th 2015, Members of Parliament spent the whole night debating amendments to the draft constitutional amendment bill of the National Assembly of Zambia number 17 of 2015.
Several amendments to the bill were passed during the debates while others were rejected.
Those rejected included the establishment of provincial assemblies and increasing parliament by 94 nominated members of parliament.
This process culminated into President Lungu early last month, assenting to the constitutional bills.
Meanwhile, Parliament was last year a hive of activities as lawmakers dealt with several issues affecting the country.
