Member of parliament Robert Ssekitoleko (Bamunanika County), who subscribes to the National Unity Platform (NUP), has been forced to quit the meeting of the parliamentary committee on legal and parliamentary affairs.
Ssekitoleko, who was part of the committee meeting on Monday, November 27, 2023, was kicked out by fellow legislator Fox Odoi (MP West Budama North East), with a pretext that speaker Anita Among barred legislators from attending committee meetings.
“The Speaker guided parliament and all its committee(s) that our colleagues, who are currently boycotting the plenary, shouldn’t participate in the meetings of committees and field visits by the committees,” Odoi said, before ordering Ssekitoleko to take leave.
Fox Odoi told Ssekitoleko to abide by speaker Among’s rules and only return for committee meetings when the opposition calls off their boycott.
“I am constrained to request him (Ssekitoleko) to take leave of the meeting until such time that they officially report to the plenary. The guidance of the Speaker is biding on Parliament and its Committees. Unfortunately, I will not contravene the guidance of the Speaker. So, kindly take leave and let us transact the business of the committee in your absence,” he said.
Speaker of parliament Anita Among last week guided that all MPs on boycott should stay away from committee meetings, until they return to parliament. The Speaker also barred them from foreign travels and taking part in the forthcoming parliamentary games.
Opposition MPs have maintained their boycott in protest of the government’s delayed response to concerns raised about human rights abuses, abductions and November 2020 murders. The opposition MPs vowed not to return to parliament, until the government gives them a detailed accountability.
Posts
.jpeg)
0 Comments