Claim: The constitution allows the President to appoint up to 7  into Cabinet without them having been elected into Parliament. They automatically become members of Parliament with the same rights privileges and obligations as constituency MPs. Mthuli is already a member Parliament, he doesn't need to represent a constituency to be there. He is already there.
Fact-check: No, Prof Mthuli Ncube is not a member of Parliament and has never been - FactCheckZW
Verdict: false the claim that the 7 people appointed by the president into cabinet from outside parliament 'automatically become members of parliament with the same rights privileges and obligations as constituency mps' has been rated as false. the provision of non constituency members was dropped from the 2013 constitution. the current constitution allows for the appointment of the 7, like prof mthuli, but they are not members of parliament. they are non mp cabinet ministers. while they can sit and speak in both houses, they do not have the privilege of voting in either house when they do not belong to it.
Organisation: FactCheckZW
Author: Lifaqane Nare
Date published: 2023-11-06T08:41:07