Lwemiyaga County MP, Theodore Ssekikubo has asked parliament to facilitate his move to the homes of various legislators so as to be able to collect signatures for his censure motion.
In a June, 24 request to the Clerk to Parliament, Ssekikubo says he wants logistics to enable him to reach out to MPs in their respective country homes now that parliament is on adjournment until July, 23.
“As you are aware, we embarked on the collection of signatures to censure the four Backbench Commissioners. The House being adjourned until late July has made this task challenging as most members have returned to their constituencies,” Ssekikubo said in the request.
He says he wants to facilitate him in the form of a vehicle and fuel for a week to enable him to traverse various constituencies to get signatures from MPs.
“I look forward to your prompt response to enable us to plan accordingly,” Ssekikubo said.
Four parliamentary commissioners including Mathias Mpuuga, Solomon Silwany, Esther Afoyochan and Prossy Akampulira Mbabazi are accused of sharing amongst themselves, shs1.7 billion illegally in service awards without seeking the approval of Parliament.
MPs led by Ssekikubo have since started a process to censure the commissioners.
Ssekikubo last month expressed concern that fellow MPs seem not interested in the move.
The Lwemiyaga MP specifically took offence with opposition MPs whom he said are good at chest-thumping that they are fighting corruption but hide when such an opportunity presents itself.
“If you have noted, it is the NRM MPs at the forefront of this, the opposition are wobbling, they are looking through the windows, in the corridors,” he said.
“They run very fast, they aren’t putting their heads high. But for MPs who came to the strong promise to fight corruption and poor service delivery, this is another call, send those MPs to do their duty here, they must come to Parliament to discharge the cardinal duty to hold Parliament to account. But they are hiding, they are busy down there, they are in business.”
