The Clerk to Parliament, Jane Kibirige has called a special sitting on Friday morning for legislators to consider the Shillings 280 billion supplementary request by government to secure the delivery of two bombardiers from Canada.
Chris Obore, the Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Parliament, says they will receive the body of the late Oketta at the house on Monday at 10 am where it will lie in state for public viewing.
The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee was supposed to table its report on consultations on the three electoral amendment bills, but it requested for more time.
The proposal, which is contained in the Presidential Elections Amendment Bill 2015 presented to Parliament by government today, seeks to amend Section 22 of the current Act, to revise facilitation provided by the Electoral Commission, currently at shillings 20 million.
Mbabazi said that even after this life threatening ordeal at the hands of the rebels, the late Okurut continued to pursue a peaceful resolution to the conflict. He even went so far as to champion the enactment of the amnesty law to benefit former rebels
Emotions ran high on Tuesday with majority female Members of Parliament crying openly as the house paid tribute to the vocal legislator who died on Friday last week under unclear circumstances. MPs argued on how and when Nebanda should be buried.
