Justice Minister Ngosa Simbyakula has presented a bill to parliament aimed at increasing the number of constituencies from the current 150 to 156.
Dr. Simbyakula says the Constitution Amendment bill is meant to increase the number of elected members of the National Assembly.
And Speaker of the National Assembly Zambia Patrick Matibini has referred the bill to the Committee of Legal Affairs, Governance, Human Rights and Gender matters and Child Affairs.
Dr. Matibini says he expects the committee to submit its report on the bill by Tuesday July 28.
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