Busiro East MP Medard Sseggona.

Members of Parliament flocked their respective banks on Wednesday upon hearing that government had deposited 100 million shillings as part payment for the purchase of their highly anticipated vehicles.

MPs say that they rushed to the banks to check their accounts to ascertain whether they had received the car fund but they left the bank in vain since the money did not exist on their accounts.

Some MPs said that they wanted immediately to rush to car bonds to acquire vehicles to stop footing to parliament and using bodabodas.

MP Wakayima Nsereko Musoke.

MPs who included those for ; Nansana municipality, Wakayima Nsereko ,Kaliro district woman, Margaret  Mbeiza , Busiro East, Merdad Ssegoona and Kyadondo East, Apollo  Kantinti said that they need the money urgently to carry out the constituency and parliament work without delay.

Segoona and  Nsereko in particular said that there should be no cause of alarm over MP’s car loan purchase but they instead concern should be shifted to some MPs who they say will be  given cars  but instead abandon parliamentary work and the people they represent.

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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, had promised MPs that they would get their vehicles by October but they have not got them to date.

Kaliro district woman MP, Margaret Mbeiza, who wants government and parliamentary commission to give members of parliament their vehicles urgently, said the legislator risk getting into accidents with the current vehicles which are mostly worn out.

Mbeiza raised the concern in parliament during the Prime Minister’s question and answer time for members of parliament.

She says that MPs risk their lives using boda bodas to carry them when they are entitled to vehicles.

Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda.

However, when the Prime Minister, Dr.Ruhakana Rugunda questioned why MPs are not getting their vehicles, Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah ,said that the issue of vehicles for Parliamentarians will be addressed by the Parliamentary Commission .

A total of 431 members of parliament want each vehicle  at a cost of 200 million shillings.

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