I convened an impromptu meeting of the Opposition Caucus following irregular passing of the controversial motion for Gov't to acquire shares in Roko Construction Company Ltd. The previous evening, we brought to light everything bad about the plan and the matter was stood over 1/
Shockingly, the speaker who was in chair this afternoon blatantly abused the Parliamentary Rules of Procedure and smuggled the matter onto the Order Paper, playing the roles of Finance Minister, Chairperson of the Finance Committee and at the same time, Speaker! 2/
As representatives of the people, we are not going to let this scandal to go unchallenged. We will announce our next steps in the coming days. #AccountabilityAndService
To understand how all this unfolded, watch our Minister for Finance @KivumbiMuwanga presenting the Minority Report to @Parliament_Ug on Wednesday, July 20. Here's the link
Also watch my submission on the same matter on Wednesday. Following our submissions, the Speaker @AnitahAmong adjourned the House with some directives that the Executive had to meet for the motion to be entertained again. Here's the link
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Pursuant to Rule 53 of our Rules of Procedure, I seize the opportunity to respond to the State of the Nation Address delivered by the President on June 4. #SOTN2021#AccountabilityAndService
While the Article 101 of the Constitution doesn't prescribe the content of the Address, it is expected that President would use it as a performance report card of what has been undertaken by government since the last address. Unfortunately, this has never been the case. #SOTN2021
Specifically Objective I(ii) requires the President to report at least once a year the extent of realization of the policy objectives and principles. The provision does not deter the State of the Nation Address from being used as the reporting mechanism. #AccountabilityAndService