The board of the Electricity Regulatory is appearing before the probe committee into the energy sector that has been overshadowed by reports of corruption.

Members of the committee yesterday questioned the authority’s management over why new electricity tariffs were announced before they could be approved by the board.

The MPs demanded for a copy of the approved minutes which the management failed to produce.

Though the committee directed that the implementation of new tariffs be halted, the regulatory authority hit back, saying Parliament does not have powers to determine electricity tariffs.

The committee chairperson Jacob Oboth Oboth has tasked the ERA authorities to explain the statement issued, which he says belittled the oversight role of Parliament.

MPs Elijah Okupa and Reagan Okumu are demanding a clear explanation and extraction of the statement.

Rukungiri Municipality MP Roland Mugume says Parliament has the right to protect the interests of citizens and warns that the hiking of tariffs could spark protests.

The authority’s Chief Executive Officer Dr. Benon Mutambi denies defying the committee, saying he only implied that retracting implementation of the new tariffs might be difficult.

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We have learnt that Touch of Magic studios has teamed up with Swangz Avenue studios to make Bushoke’s music dream come to expected reality. We have also been told that Bushoke is struggling to get Vampos for a duet.

Bushoke’s previous collabos with Ugandan musicians have been a hit inTanzania.

Some of the collabos Bushoke has made with Ugandan singers include Usiende (with Juliana Kanyomozi) and Maama Rhoda (with Dr. Jose Chameleon).

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