Lissu, five MPs get marching orders

AFTER trading of swipes and insults
earlier on Wednesday , the National
Assembly last night degenerated into
an ugly drama that witnessed
opposition Chief Whip Mr Tundu Lissu
and five other Chadema MPs getting
marching orders from the Deputy
Speaker, Mr Job Ndugai, for foul and
disorderly conduct.
Also kicked out from the House were
Arusha Urban MP , Godbles Mr Lema,
Highness Kiwia ( Ilemela ), Ezekia
Wenje ( Nyamagana) , Rev Peter
Msigwa ( Iringa Urban) and Joseph
Mbilinyi (Mbeya Urban) .
It all started at about 07: 35pm when
Iramba West MP , Mr Mwigulu
Nchemba ( CCM ) was making his
contribution to the budget estimates
of the President' s Office (Public
Service Management ) for the
2013/ 2014 financial year .
Mr Lissu rose on several occasions
either on point of information or the
Chair' s guidance, while other MPs
were making contributions and the
trend irked Mr Ndugai, who expressed
concern and demanded Mr Lissu to
stop obstructing the proceedings .
|Why is it that you always want to
interrupt others while they are
debating the budget is it because
you're an MP for the first time? "I
thus order you out of the debating
chamber ," Mr Ndugai said as he
ordered sergeants - at- arms in to pull
him out .
Mr Lissu did not heed to the order
and he was supported by fellow
Chadema MPs who were trying to
block those who were taking him out .
"I also order that you will be out of
the National Assembly for five days,"
the Deputy Speaker said after the MP
failed to heed to the first order .
At this juncture , the fracas ensued
and Mr Ndugai also slapped the five -
day ban on the other MPs who were
trying to block Mr Lissu's expulsion .
Due to the confrontation and given
the fact that there were less than ten
minutes before the end of the
session , Mr Ndugai adjourned the
session to today.