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Parliament’s presiding officers have moved to defend their selection of mostly African National Congress (ANC) Members of Parliament (MPs) to visit Russia this week, after other political parties questioned their exclusion. All but one of the five-member political delegation, led by the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) chairperson Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, hail from the same party.

Uganda’s Parliament has endorsed two National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidates to fill vacant seats in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), strengthening the country’s representation in the regional Parliament after two former members moved to Uganda’s 12th Parliament.

Nigeria’s push to establish state police has gathered momentum, with the House of Representatives rescinding its earlier resolution, opting to consider a fresh executive proposal transmitted by President Bola Tinubu. The proposed legislation seeks to amend the 1999 Constitution to create a constitutional framework for the establishment of State Police Services across the country. On…