MPs Threaten To Censure More Ministers Over Mismanagement Of Karamoja Relief Items
Speaker of Parliament Anita Among
Members of Parliament have threatened to censure ministers who fail to discharge their responsibility to the public. The legislators made the remarks in relation to the recent “iron sheets scandal” that has rocked the Office of the Prime minister (OPM).
According to recent reports, iron sheets that were procured to support the vulnerable in Karamoja Region ended up in Karamoja Affairs minister, Mary Gorreti Kitutu’s home.
The MPs, who are returning from a two weeks recess, say a probe into the affair should be the House’s first order of business.
“We want to know how the iron sheets, which we’ve no report about, came to be distributed,” Bugiri Municipality MP Asuman Basalirwa said.
Basalirwa also expressed concern about the unending scandals at OPM despite the recent change in guard, saying this could point to a much-needed audit of all ministries under OPM
“We thought when Nabbanja came this would stop, but instead the scandals are even bigger. We need to evaluate if we still need to censure more ministers who are not doing the right thing,” he said.
The JEEMA President’s remarks come as legislators zero in on some of their priorities going forward.
“As NRM, we will have to push for more bills to evaluate how far we’ve gone with manifesto implementation,” Bukooli Central MP, Solomon Silwanyi said.
