Parliament's failure to ensure that its protection service officers wear an identifiable uniform and badges while on duty undoubtedly contributed to the chaos at Tuesday's oral question session.
Last August I wrote to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete, and requested details of the protection service's recruitment process and uniform. Days later in a Parliamentary Oversight Authority meeting the Secretary of Parliament, Gengezi Mgidlana, informed the Authority 'that uniforms had been ordered' and that the white shirts were temporary - Which, along with a supporting resolution, was noted in the meeting's minutes.
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