Members of Parliament were treated to some comedy on Monday evening following the nomination of two unlikely candidates; General Moses Ali and Muhammad Ssegirinya for the position of Deputy Speaker.
Those whose nomination was cancelled include Sophie Malinga, Dinah Eveline Akongot, Jessica Asio, Naume Ekwenare, Ketty Akello, and Mary Goretti Kitaka. According to the Electoral Commission, all the six had discrepancies in their paperwork, which upon scrutiny led to a conclusion that they were erroneously nominated.
The duo includes Helen Akol Odeke of FDC and Merab Amongin, an independent. Akol is in trouble for adapting her husband’s name- Odeke in her academic credentials, the matter said to be in court.
They include Hellen Adoa, the Serere Woman MP and State Minister for Fisheries, Usuk County MP Peter Ogwang, who has opted to represent the newly created Ngariam County and the Bukedea Woman MP, Anita Among. The other is Emilly Sheila Amulo, the aspirant for the Soroti Woman MP seat.
Reports in Court indicate that the land in question has been earmarked for a government project, whose specifics are however still concealed. But the petitioners say that the land was taken away by Bukedea Woman MP Anita Among for the construction of a State Lodge and the installation of a military barracks.
On February 19th, 2019, the Inspector General of Government IGG Justice Irene Mulyagonja wrote to Col. Kaka Bagenda, the Director General of ISO to investigate outgoing COSASE members for allegedly soliciting bribes during their inquiries into the closure and sale of several commercial banks.
Col. Francis Takirwa, one of the UPDF representatives in parliament, says the decision by UNRA officials to pay out a huge sums of money in irregular claims is a disservice to the country.
