Richard Todwong, Minister without Portfolio, says that while the chief whip is within her mandate to remind MPs of their duties, MPs are mature people and forcing them to sessions might worsen the situation.
Ministerial Policy Statements were not tabled before Parliament on Thursday after several government ministers failed to attend plenary due to a downpour in Kampala.
Baliddawa noted that although Parliament has not yet debated and pronounced its self on the Tax, the Minister of Finance basing on the provisions of Taxes and Duties Provisional Collection Act of 1993 she has already started administering this tax since the new financial year set in on 1st July.
Parliament has resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to inquire on the status of the operations of private health providers. The resolution follows the death of a parliament worker who had gone to give birth at International Hospital Kampala.
