Prof. Apollo Nsibambi

He says the practice of Speakers relinquishing their positions in the political parties and their constituencies is common in democracies like the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Nsibambi says that the speaker of Parliament should be exempted from the huge burden of constituency work in order to concentrate on the operations of the speaker’s office.

He added the speaker of parliament without a constituency and a particular political party would ensure his/her impartiality during the execution of duties.

Addressing Members of the 9th Parliament Nsibambi further suggested that an independent body be established to determine salaries of members of parliament, Judiciary and other government officials to avoid conflict of interest among other public concerns

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Prime Minister Apollo Nsibambi heads PRDP

Nsibambi made the remarks at the handover ceremony at prime minister’s office in Kampala.

He advised the new prime minister to first handle the issue of the MPs quorum needed for voting in parliament. Nsibambi says that the 33% of the MPs required as quorum is too high and therefore should be reduced.

On receiving the instruments of power from Nsibambi, Mbabazi applauded Nsibambi for keeping the government united. Mbabazi said he will find it hard to fit in Prof. Nsibambi’s shoes but he will do his best.

Mbabazi says he is soon proposing to have a council of the state to accommodate retiring civil servants to help the government on certain duties.

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Prof. Apollo Nsibambi

The MPs say President Yoweri Museveni is being sworn in on 12^th May 2011 and he should appoint a new cabinet as soon as possible.

The extension of the cabinet life was brought in parliament by the Prime Minister Prof. Apollo Nsibambi, who is the leader of government business.

The MPs who included Samuel Odonga Otto, Hussein kyanjo and Nandala Mafabi rejected the proposal for the president to extend the ministers term of office for a week.

MP Nandala asked the ministers to hand over their office by midnight on Wednesday to avoid legal implications on activities they undertake in the capacity as ministers.

The term of office for all ministers is expiring today with the expiry of the term of the current 8^th parliament.

Later the Speaker of parliament Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi adjourned the house for 10 minutes for consultation and  when they resumed the prime minister told the MPs that the president abandoned his proposal of one week cabinet extension and he will announce a new cabinet after his swearing in on Thursday.

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Prime Minister Apollo Nsibambi heads PRDP

The house chaired by Speaker Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi which sat for a very brief period before adjourning to Tuesday, saw MPs bashing Nsibambi over what they termed as interfering with governance matters.

Led by Mbarara municipality MP Arimpa Kigyagi, the MPs demanded Nsibambi who did not attend parliament to explain in why he ordered ministers to hand over office yet he knows the term of the current government ends on May11.

The MPs wondered why the speaker continues to summon MPs to attend parliament when the executive which is supposed to respond to their queries on the floor has been ordered out of office.

Meanwhile, Government chief whip Daudi Migereko says despite the Nsibambi directive to ministers; all ministers continue to occupy offices and there is no vacuum.

He says the directive to hand over by government has been handled by the executive and that the Ministers’ official exit will be on Midnight of Wednesday before Museveni swears in on Thursday May 12^th.

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Prof. Apollo Nsibambi

The Prime Minister of Uganda, Prof. Apollo Nsibambi has called upon the National Alcohol Control Board to check on the consumption of alcohol in Uganda.

Tens of Ugandans recently lost their lives due to consumption of suspected poisonous alcohol.

Nsibambi asks the alcohol board to check on the quality and the rate of alcohol consumption in Uganda.

He says the board has a duty to address issues of alcohol abuse and drug abuse.

Speaking to journalists in Kampala today, Nsibambi said the board needs to control the consumption of alcohol because too much boozing reduces the rate of development in the country.

He further says the consumption of too much alcohol may lead to death, unemployment, defilement and rape.

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Prof. Apollo Nsibambi

The prime Minister of Uganda, Prof. Apollo Nsibambi has asked called for tough measures against non-governmental organizations that fail to account for government and donor funds.

Nsibambi was speaking on Monday during the 3^rd review meeting of the Peace Recovering and Development Programme taking place at Hotel Africana in Kampala.

The report presented by the official implementers of the PRDP project detailed that several NGOs who received funds to implement some programs of the project have not accounted for the funds.

Nsibambi said that the ministry of Internal Affairs should investigate and list all such NGOs that fail to account for government and donor funds, and ask them to show cause why they should not be deregistered.  He said all those who receive funds should show where and how they spend, including their targeted output so that development can be achieved in northern Uganda.

The Prime Minister also launched the 2^nd phase of the PRDP , which he said will benefit 55 districts of Uganda through different development programmes.

Northern Uganda is recovering from the insurgency that it suffered for over 25 years and the government of Uganda is working with donors and civil society organizations under the Peace, recovery and Development plan to bring about resettlement and development in the area.

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