This followed the failure by the Minister to present three statements from his docket before parliament as expect. This afternoon, Engola was expected to present before parliament a statement on the status of the implementation of a resolution halting operations of the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF Fisheries Protection Unit on all water bodies in the country.
The move followed complaints raised to the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga by Bukonzo West MP Atkins Katusabe, that he had learnt of an attempt to assassinate him. In the letter, dated January 15, Katusabe said that he had survived a clearly hatched and politically driven assassination plot allegedly by members of the Army and Police.
The Minister in charge of the presidency Esther Mbayo says that her office had received a budget allocation of only 7.7 billion Shillings for the facilitation of RDCs out of the required 11.2 billion leaving a funding gap of 3.5 billion. According to the Minister, facilitation for RDCs has not experienced any enhancement for a long time despite the increase in the number of districts.
Silwany and Nalule replace Usuk MP Peter Ogwang and her counterpart Robinah Nabbanja who were appointed Minister of State for Information Communication Technology (ICT) and National Guidance and Minister of Health in charge of General duties respectively.
