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Senate of Eswatini

Upper house of the Parliament of Eswatini

Field	Value
background_color	#62B4DF
name	Senate of Eswatini
native_name	I-Senate yase-Eswatini
legislature	11th Parliament
coa_pic	Coat of arms of Eswatini.svg
coa_res	200px
foundation	1967
house_type	Upper House
body	Parliament of Eswatini
leader1_type	President
leader1	Lindiwe Dlamini
election1	23 October 2018
party1	Independent
leader2_type	Deputy President
leader2	Ndumiso Mdluli
election2	23 October 2018
party2	Independent
members	31, currently 30
term_length	5 years
voting_system1	Election by the House of Assembly (10 seats)
Appointment by the King (20 seats)
session_room	Parliament building of Eswatini, Lobamba.jpg
session_res	270px
meeting_place	Lobamba, Hhohho Region
website
constitution	Constitution of Eswatini

Appointment by the King (20 seats)

The Senate of Eswatini is the upper chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament. The Senate may debate or pass a bill, with the exception of a "money bill", which must first be introduced in the lower chamber, the House of Assembly.

History

The Senate was established in 1967 when the Legislative Council was disbanded and bicameral legislature was established in the new constitution.

Constitution

The Senate must not exceed 31 members, and currently numbers 30. Of these, at least eight of the 20 and at least five of the ten must be women. and in 2013, there were only ten.

Elections

Election is by secret ballot in a first-past-the-post system of voting. Disqualifications are: being insolvent under any law without having been "rehabilitated", being of unsound mind, sentenced to death or more than six months in prison for a crime in Eswatini, a member of the country's armed forces or holding or acting in a public office without being granted a leave of absence to serve in the Senate, unqualified to be a voter, otherwise disqualified by law, found incompetent to hold public office, connected to a firm with a government contract and having not made the proper disclosures regarding the contract, or holding or acting in any office connected with the conduct of any election or the compilation or revision of any electoral register.

In July 2005, a new constitution was approved by the Parliament and signed by King Mswati III. The first election under the new constitution took place in September 2008. Ngomuyayona Gamedze was chosen as Deputy President, also for the third consecutive time.

Later in 2013, the Senate banned Members of Parliament from divorcing while in office to "avoid embarrassing the king."

References

"Lindiwe Senate President". Time Of Swaziland.
(5 July 2018). "Eswatini".
"Legislature". Government of Swaziland.
(3 September 2018). "eSwatini profile".
"Swaziland: Constitution and politics". [[Commonwealth of Nations]].
"Swaziland Senate: Last elections (2008)". [[Inter-Parliamentary Union]].
"Swaziland Senate: Last elections (2013)". Inter-Parliamentary Union.
"Swaziland's Constitution of 2005".
(29 October 2013). "Swaziland: King Appoints 6 of His Family to Senate". [[AllAfrica.com]].
(1 December 2013). "Swazi MPs banned from divorcing". [[eNCA]].

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