Tag Archives: MPs

By Julius Odeke The number of lawmakers behind the petition to recall Parliament for a special sitting to discuss the “storm” surrounding the unresolved death of former Butaleja MP Cerinah Nebanda is said to have surpassed the required number of signatures. The triumph sets stage for the political contest in …

Parliament, Uganda | Joan Akello| Some Members of parliament (MPs) have criticized the speaker Rebecca Kadaga for failing to control the house after members turned rowdy on the 27th of November. They also fault her over suspending parliamentary sessions. The MPs said that there was no reason for the suspension …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The biggest problem with our budget is the growth of political patronage in form of districts, parliament, cabinet, presidential advisors etc In 2006, I joined the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) to do research on the budget for Public Administration and Public Sector Management …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Parliamentary intervention in government contracts has been consistently counterproductive because MPs do not look at all sides (…continued from last week) I argued in this column last week that parliamentary intervention stopping the signing of oil contracts is likely to make a bad situation worse. First, …

By Peter Nyanzi What moral authority will this Parliament have to demand that other departments handle public funds thriftily? Twenty six years ago when President Yoweri Museveni’s National Resistance Movement government captured power, they won acclaim for condemning the profligacy of the previous regimes, which had made those in power …

By Andrew M. Mwenda We should be suspicious of parliamentary interventions in lucrative government contracts because they often make a bad situation worse Recently, President Yoweri Museveni ordered government of Uganda officials to sign oil Production Sharing Agreements with companies. This was in spite of a resolution by parliament stopping …

By Bob A Kasango I agree the MPs should leave parliament and refund the monies, but I hold serious reservations on nullifying their nominations The Constitutional Court decision in George Owor -vs. – Attorney General and Hon William Okecho delivered on the 1st of February 2011 has gained a fair …

By Dicta Asiimwe While speaking to The Independent on April 28, 2010, the government chief whip Daudi Migereko said: It is not realistic to expect a completely independent parliament, which is why our constitution provides for the government chief whip to be a member of cabinet. This independence of the …

By Gaaki Kigambo & Rosebell Kagumire The recent recall of Ambassador Julius Onen’s appointment to the East African Community (EAC) has re-energised mostly members of parliament from northern Uganda in their charges that the government is marginalising their region. It has also returned the spotlight on the NRM government, upping …

By Onghwens Kisangala Are the loss and destruction, neglect and deprivation in northern Uganda a national issue or problems created by people from the region and one that they themselves should settle? The Independent spoke to some politicians. Banyenzaki Henry (MP Rubanda West ‘ Kabale district) There is a problem …