The matter was raised by the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, with backing of MPs who included that for:Kawempe North, Latif Sebaggala and the Adjumani district Woman MP, Jessica Ababiku.

Rebecca Kadaga the Speaker of the Ugandan parliament.

Kadaga, told Parliament that the group that was sent in the various constituencies de-campaigned them and questioned why government left them out of this programme yet they should have been important in monitoring its progress.

The Speaker who raised this recently also asked the prime minister’s office  to order the climate change team to concentrate on issues of climate change other than making it political.

Moses Ali the First Prime Minister.

However, the first Prime Minister, General Moses Ali, apologized over this omission of the MPs on list of persons supposed to be part of the climate change team saying it was an oversight on their part.

He said that government sent this team because it   was concerned that some part of the population is facing famine due to climate change.

However, section of the MPs were visibly angered when Ali told them that even if they were to be told, they could not have reached  in time given that the  programme for this particular assignment was done hurriedly.

“How can he say that a programme was done hurriedly yet such tours have to be planned in advance? Does he want to tell us that this is the way they have always be operating without planning and giving proper accountability to tax payer’s money?,” wondered, Moses Kasibante, the MP for Rubaga North in Kampala.

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Otafire tabled a motion on the floor of Parliament for a resolution under Article 63 of the Constitution to retrospectively prescribe the 76 constituencies .

The criticism follows the tabling of a motion by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Kahinda Otafiire for a resolution under Article 63 of the Constitution to retrospectively prescribe the 76 constituencies which had earlier been designated for representation in Parliament.

The motion, which was tabled, comes after the creation of new constituencies by the government and new MPs being elected to represent these constituencies without Parliament’s prescription and endorsement.

Bugweri County MP Abdu Katuntu castigated the government for operating with impunity saying that Parliament had earlier warned the government about creating the new constituencies without following the right procedure.

Katuntu said that members of the front bench need to do their work correctly and professionally for things to move on smoothly.

Aruu County MP, Samuel Odonga Otto seconded the Motion saying that if MPs have passed laws before retrospectively then they can again as well pass the current one.

“If we passed the Parliament Pension Amendment retrospectively then we can approve this Motion as well,” he said.

Obongo County MP Hassan Fungaroo Kaps said that Parliament had been turned into a place where government’s agenda is extended.

“Parliament risks becoming a rubber stamp if we keep approving the decisions made by government in this manner. That is not acceptable and this should be the last time,” he warned.

Kira municipality member of parliament, Ibrahim Semujju Nganda said that government cannot create constituencies a few days to elections and then later on say it was a mistake.

“I appeal to the government to organize themselves enough and stop blackmailing Parliament,” Semujju said.

Semujju urged the government to start doing its work because Parliament risks looking selfish by doing things in a haphazard manner.

The motion also comes after a city advocate, Andrew Tumusiime, petitioned the Constitutional Court for declarations that the 76 constituencies were not prescribed for and endorsed by Parliament as required by the Constitution.

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As you may already be aware that the term for Kyambogo University Council expired in April 2012, the institution is now calling for applications from qualified persons to fill up the vacancies.

Kyambogo University spokesperson Lawrence Madete says that the university is receiving names from constituencies to the council and any member who wants to represent his/her constituency to the council is free to do so.

We have been told that some members of the former university executive are likely to bounce back but still the university wants to recruit more new members. Madete says that Kyambogo University is ready to welcome whoever comes to work at their institution of learning.

The members on the 23 member Kyambogo University council are drawn from Institute of Professional Engineers, government, National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda, academic and non-teaching staff and students’ guild and they serve a four- year renewable term.

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