The MK Party wants parliament to hold an urgent debate on the scourge of missing children and kidnapping and human trafficking incidents.
MK chief whip Sihle Ngubane wrote to National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza on Wednesday requesting her to convene the house on an urgent basis to debate the alarming scourge of missing people and human trafficking in the country.
Ngubane said he was making the request in terms of Rule 130 of the National Assembly rules. According to the rule, in exercising her discretion, the speaker has to consider:
- The nature and seriousness of the matter;
- The matter must bear sufficient public importance makers to warrant a deviation from a scheduled programme;
- The request must deal with a matter of national importance for which a government department can be held responsible, or falls within the scope of ministerial action.
Ngubane said the scourge of kidnappings, including human trafficking in the country, calls for urgent policing and police intelligence intervention.
According to the latest SAPS crime statistics, reported cases of kidnapping stood at 4,300 last year in September, he said.
