VACANCIES IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
THE HON. SPEAKER: On 23rd June, 2020 which is today, Parliament was notified by the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirayi (MDC-T) Party that the following Members of Parliament had ceased to be the members of the MDC-T Party and therefore no longer represent the interests of the party in Parliament, with effect from 23rd June, 2020. The Hon. Members affected are as follows:
1. Hon Amos Chibaya – Mkoba Constituency
2. Hon Happymore Chidziva – Highfield West Constituency
3. Hon Bacilia Majaya- PR Mashonaland Central Province
4. Hon Mucharairwa Mugidho – PR Masvingo Province
5. Hon Virginia Z Muradzikwa – PR Harare Province
6. Hon. Annah Muyambo – PR Harare Province
7. Hon Francisca Ncube – PR Matabeleland North
8. Hon Nomathemba Ndlovu – PR Matabeleland South
9. Hon Murisi Zwizwai – Harare Central Constituency
Section 129 (1) (k) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe provides that, “the seat of a Member of Parliament becomes vacant if the member has ceased to belong to the political party of which he or she was a member when elected to Parliament and the political party concerned, by written notice to the Speaker or to the President of the Senate, as the case may be, has declared that the member has ceased to belong to it;”
Pursuant to the above, I do hereby inform the august House that vacancies have arisen in the constituencies stated above by the operation of the law. The necessary administrative measures will be taken to inform his Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) of the existence of the vacancies in line with Section 39 (1) of the Electoral Act [Chapter 213] as amended