The parliamentary committee on public service and local government recommended to parliament a bill known as the Public Service Fund Bill to enable government contribute a certain percentage of money to each public servant to have his or her pension cleared at the time of retirement to eliminate the issues related to pension arrears.

The Member of Parliament for Mityana district, Judith Nabakooba said that she will support such a bill once it is before parliament to have a solution to clearing pension accumulation.

She noted that if such a law was in place about 70,000 veterans could have not demanding pension arrears by now.

The Member of Parliament for Mawokota South, John Bosco Lubyayi Seguya said that this bill in offing will be good to stop retired civil servants in villages suffering while looking for their pension.

He however said the bill should be with a clause guiding the retired civil servants on how to spend such pension money.

He said that such funds should be given to pensioners in phases to avoid them investing it in projects that will make them losses and go back to zero.

The Member of Parliament for Lira district Joy Atim Ongom said that this is a good initiative of government contributing to a pensioners saving but is worried of government officials diverting such funds for their selfish interest.

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Member of Parliament for Mityana district, Judith Nabakoba

Government has pledged to increase water provision in Mityana following the drying up of most of the water sources in many Sub Counties of Mityana district.

This after the Member of Parliament for Mityana district, Judith Nabakoba, decried water scarcity in the district which has worsened for the last one week while at the floor of Parliament.

Nabakoba said that most wells and boreholes have dried up in most Mityana district sub counties which are water stressed some of which include;   Namungo ,Manyi, Sekanyonyi,Ganda ,Bulera , Kikandwa among others.

She noted that school going children are affected since they spend long hours while lining up at few water sources which have not dried up and have no time to be in classes.

Nabakoba asked government to urgently attend to the water crisis in the area so that more boreholes are drilled.

Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake, also shared the same problem but doubted the minister’s promise to avail help.

The Minister of State for Environment, Mary Goretti Kitutu Kimono, however, attributed the water crisis in Mityana to unusual drought which has affected most of the water sources and promised to ensure that Mityana is catered for water provision to reduce the current water scarcity in the area.

She also asked the public against planting eucalyptus trees in wetlands and near waters sources to avoid drying up of water sources.

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