127:(MMD) was elected as the President. He had a bigger opposition as all the opposing parties had 81 of the total 150 elected members. The President's nomination of six members would not be sufficient for seeking a majority with his 69 seats. He felt that passing legislations would be a challenge with a stiff opposition. He conceded in his accounts that he engaged in schemes to coalesce some of the opposition party members to vote for his candidate as the Speaker of the house. Nyirongo was one of the four opposition party members who voted for him and was expelled from her party. She was appointed the Sports Minister in 2002. She won the candidacy from MMD during the following election in 2006 and went on to become a Lands minister. She won from the Bwacha constituency in
147:. He suspended her along with Commissioner of Lands Frighon Sichone. She was suspended on 1 March 2007 following corruption scandal in land allocation involving senior officials. The suspension was effected to allow independent investigation of the Drug and Enforcement Commission. The report from the Zambia State House noted that Rv. Nyirongo allocated land to herself, her husband, son Walinase Nyirongo and daughter. The note also stated that she illegally allocated 25,000 hectares of land in Mpika to a foreigner against provisions that require approval from the President. Ms. Mukkuka Zimba, the permanent secretary of the ministry was also suspended for her alleged involvement in illegal land deals.
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