Zambia's Members of Parliament want Zambia to reciprocate Germany for denying diplomatic passport holder visas.

A Member of the Zambian Parliament, Warren Mwambazi, rose on urgent matters without notice and narrated how he and 17 other MPs were denied visas to travel to Berlin and Turkey at the German Embassy despite being diplomatic passport holders.

He wondered why the government does not reciprocate the treatment, as demanded by diplomacy.

Mwambazi argued that even the ordinary Germans arrive in the country and are given visas upon arrival. 

Speaker of the National Assembly, Nelly Mutti, admitted the urgent matter without notice. 

"I think that is a matter that needs to be addressed. It needs to be addressed because if they can deny members of parliament visas, holding diplomatic passports, then where are we going? And we are going to undertake our oversight responsibility, checking on the embassies how they are performing, and then a visa is denied."