SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has insisted that no court of law is permitted to interfere with the internal processes of the National Assembly, as it enjoys exclusive cognisance. She was rendering a ruling on a point of order raised by Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu on whether or not the petitioners in the case of Celestine Mukandila and Munir Zulu vs the Attorney General were in order to commence contempt proceedings against the House for its continued consideration of Bill 7.
In her ruling, Speaker Mutti said according to the Constitution, MPs had freedom of speech and debate in the National Assembly which should not be ousted or questioned in a court or tribunal…. Do you agree that child defilers should be castrated?
