Ntlo ya Dikgosi
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The Ntlo ya Dikgosi (Tswana for "House of Chiefs") in Botswana is an advisory body to the country's parliament.[1]
Composition
The house consists of 35 members.
Powers
The house acts as a purely advisory body to the Parliament and has no legislative nor veto power.[4] All bills affecting tribal organization and property, customary law, and the administration of customary courts go through the house before being discussed in the National Assembly. Members must also be consulted when the constitution is being reviewed or amended.[4] The body has the power to summon members of government to appear before it.[5]
See also
- National Assembly of Botswana
- History of Botswana
- Kgosi
- List of Chairpersons of the Ntlo ya Dikgosi
- Senate of Lesotho
- National House of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
- Council of Traditional Leaders of Namibia
References
- ^ Botswana CIA World Handbook
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- ^ "Ntlo Ya Dikgosi". Parliament of Botswana. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ^ S2CID 143950774.
- ^ Werner Zips & Markus Weilenmann (2011) The Governance of Legal Pluralism: Empirical Studies from Africa and Beyond, LIT Verlag Münster, p188