Govt shelves Assets, Liabilities law

Defence, Justice and Security Minister Phandu Skelemani's explanation is that government has instead opted to come up with a Code of Conduct for the political leadership. However, Skelemani was unclear on the form, and extent of the code of conduct as government is still in the process of thrashing out the details.

"I recently told Parliament that the declaration of assets Bill that I promised to put before cabinet has not failed. On the contrary, government is looking into coming up with a code of conduct," he said. Despite that, Parliament has the power to put up the motion (declaration of assets) and table the draft giving power to it if the MPs feel like that, he said. For now, government is exploring whether a code of conduct will cover assets and liabilities.