‘Break through’: School leaders urged to strengthen ties with lawmakers

Parliament leaders urged to strengthen oversight

Parliamentary leaders have been urged to strengthen oversight, improve coordination and promote consensus to ensure parliament effectively delivers on its constitutional mandate. Speaking at the opening of a leadership training workshop for presiding officers and leaders of standing committees at Swakopmund on Monday, National Assembly speaker Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila said parliament’s credibility depends on how well it performs its core funct…

‘Break through’: School leaders urged to strengthen ties with lawmakers

Lt. Gov. Scott Bedke told a room of superintendents on Monday to beware of a technique that some lawmakers have mastered: the “legislative head bob.” Legislators have healthy egos, Bedke explained, and they don’t want to appear ignorant on any issue. They will nod along as a local expert explains the impacts of a new bill, throwing in an occasional “uh huh” or a “good point.” Bedke then gave the hundreds of school leaders gathered in downtown Bo…