The shadow attorney general Abdu Kantutu together with shadow minister for justice and constitutional affairs medard Lubega segoona told the parliamentary committee on rules discipline and privileges that the attorney general is misguiding the nation and that his advice is creating the rift between parliament and executive.

According to Kantutu, Nyombi is the one who fuelled the whole debate and therefore he has no capacity to interpreted the law.

He says that the executive must respect the decision of parliament because parliament is the representative of people of Uganda. He says that there is no way parliamentary decision can be categorized saying that whoever is categorizing them is just trying to hide something.

Segoona however say that parliament has powers to suspend any minister because without its input one cannot become a minister.

He also said that no one should hide behind the technicalities of the law saying that contempt of parliament is a disciplinary matter not a criminal matter.

He said that what the ministers have done is despising the rule of common sense and therefore they should be held responsible for contempt.

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Segona announced this today while this committee was meeting the Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi although he was not happy with chairperson decision  for his dismissal from the committee earlier.

Segona said that he is stepping aside from the committee as asked by the chairperson because of his earlier debate on the floor of parliament this matter under investigation to do what the prime mister should have done when asked to step down.

He said that he will love to appear before the same committee as a witness to justify why the two ministers acted in contempt of parliament.

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Samuel Kavuma

According to the national chairman of the Commonwealth Youth Council, Kavuma Samuel, MPs should hold on to their plan since the country is under economic crisis.

MPs recently met under closed doors and reportedly agreed to increased their salaries from the current average of 15 million shillings to 19 million shillings, and purchase cars for themselves, each at 190 million shillings per MP

Kavuma notes that this huge money should be used to drive developmental plans in the country.

The Youths say that in case MPs fail to listen to their demands, they are planning to petition the speaker over the same matter.

Kavuma also adds that government should come up with well spelt plans for youths like setting up a youth fund, create more jobs for youths among others steps to drive youths out of unemployment

By Isaac Senabulya

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