Baka Mugabi - Uganda Multimedia News & Information https://www.weinformers.com Politics, Health, Sceince, Business, Agriculture, Culture, Tourism, Women, Men, Oil, Sports Thu, 28 May 2015 16:51:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Parliamentary Committee opposes motion to protect a president crossing from one political party to another https://www.weinformers.com/2015/05/28/parliamentary-committee-opposes-motion-to-protect-a-president-crossing-from-one-political-party-to-another/ https://www.weinformers.com/2015/05/28/parliamentary-committee-opposes-motion-to-protect-a-president-crossing-from-one-political-party-to-another/#respond Thu, 28 May 2015 16:51:20 +0000 http://www.weinformers.net/?p=41094 Members of Parliament on the Parliamentary Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs have opposed the proposal tabled before them by the National Resistance Movement party seeking to protect any president who crosses from one political party to another. MPs on the committee chaired by Kajara MP Stephen Tashobya while receiving the NRM party proposals, noted […]

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]]> NRMMembers of Parliament on the Parliamentary Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs have opposed the proposal tabled before them by the National Resistance Movement party seeking to protect any president who crosses from one political party to another. MPs on the committee chaired by Kajara MP Stephen Tashobya while receiving the NRM party proposals, noted that the party wants parliament to amend Article 83 of the Constitution to provide for a Member of Parliament to vacate the parliamentary seat, where the MP ceases to be a member of parliament to the political party which brought him or her in parliament but allows any president to cross freely without losing the seat.

MPs who comprised of Abdul Katuntu, Jovah Kamateka and Baka Mugabi said that the proposal for the president to cross the floor freely is unacceptable on the basis that the president supported by a given party or a coalition abandons his or her party and does not face any penalties.

They said that the provision should include the president to lose the seat as MPs if they all cross the floor, for fairness.

Appearing before the committee the NRM Party Deputy Secretary General Richard Twodong and the Party Deputy Treasurer Keneth Omona also asked parliament to amend Article 72 of the Constitution to require a person intending to stand as an independent candidate to be with 1000 signatures of registered voters in constituencies or districts. MPs said this should have applied to political parties since they are funded and independents collect less signatures so as they all have a level ground.

NRM officials also objected to a proposal by former FDC leader Kizza Besigye and Civil Society Organizations calling for extension of the life of parliament and suspension of elections. Richard Todwong said the constitution requires that every after 5 years, elections should be held so that people can vote their new leaders and therefore postponing elections and also extending the term of parliament will be a violation of the constitution. He said that as a party, NRM is very prepared to participate in the upcoming elections and also advised all parties and those who love democracy to ensure that they participate.

Todwong laughed at MPs who are not ready on the ground for elections and insisted that the elections will not be postponed. He said that as a party, it supports a proposal to kick out any members who switches his positions in parliament but however, added that this obligation should also be extended to those in local government like LC5 and Councillors.

 

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The Uganda Human Rights commission is to purchase a boat to monitor human rights violations on islands in the country.

The commission in its bid to acquire the boat has submitted to parliament a budget of 120 million shillings for the project.
Appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs chaired by Baka Mugabi ,the Secretary to the Commission Gordon Mwesigye and the Commission’s Commissioner Amooti kabalirye said that they want a boat to help them move on all islands to investigate cases of human rights abuses and carrying out civic education so as people know their rights.
Members of Parliament who include Jova Kamateka and Paul Mwiru querried the cost of the boat, arguing that it’s too expensive for tax payers.
Meanwhile, the Commission and Members  of the Legal Committee agreed to push government to create a victim’s compensation fund so that the commission can have money to pay victims in time whose rights will be found violated.
The legislators noted that many victims and their family members die before get their compensation because the funds allocated for this matter are minimal.
The Uganda Human Rights Commission, usually underfunded by government, has cited always cited funding as a factor that prevents it from fulfilling its mandate under the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda. For instance whereas the Commission wants 5 billion shillings for civic education and monitoring human rights violation in the upcoming general elections in 2016, it has only 300 million shillings.

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