Claim
On 2nd December, 2021, Kalemba, an online social media page published an article that claimed that President Hichilema was, on 2nd December, 2021, scheduled to answer questions from Members of Parliament in the National Assembly at 14:30. The article alleged that this was a way to mark President Hichilema’s 100 days in office.
Rating Justification
The fact checking process has determined as false the claim that President Hichilema was scheduled to answer questions from Members of Parliament in the National Assembly on the 2nd of December at 14:30 to mark 100 days of the President being in office. iVerify consulted the official website of the National Assembly of Zambia and obtained an Order Paper, which is the official document indicating items for consideration on the floor of the House on a particular day of proceedings. The Order Paper obtained by iVerify did however not include a Question and Answer session with the Republican President, but a question for Oral Answer (Standing Order 74) in which Mr Mtayachalo, MP for Chama North Constituency was to ask the Minister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Charles Milupi, on matters affecting Chama North Constituency. Further, the Order Paper did not indicate that the President would appear in the National Assembly as claimed in the Kalemba article. Therefore, the claim that President Hichilema was, on 2nd December, 2021, scheduled to answer questions from Members of Parliament in the National Assembly to mark 100 days of the President being in office, is false.
