By Angel Lubowa
KAMPALA
The general public is again watching with concern as government continue to misuse the tax payers money by making MPs extra richer as Easter season jets in.
Every legislator, from all political parties and independent MPs have been dished with atleast Shs 100 millions as the House goes into Easter break .
It’s highly suspected the move is double poised to enable mobilizing constituents to support government programs on the face but also compromise them on some errant government moves.
Government is constitutionally mandated with generating acts and laws both new and amendments which critical MPs may try to block.
Some source pointed at the amendments on the military court martial act which is around the Conner after cabinet voted to enable a new act to match the court which the supreme court recently kicked out.
There are voices calling for introducing the parliamentary system where the voting of the president can be left to parliament alone.
It was alleged that the Shs 100 millions was
sourced from the Shs4 trillion supplementary budget passed last month.
But it’s disbursement at the moment dubbed with the timing and secrecy has left some Ugandans critical of it’s intentions.
The money bags was given to NRM MPs from the Office of the President on Level 4, while opposition and independent MPs received theirs from Parliament’s Level 5.
The opposition, however, has raised red flags, accusing the government of using taxpayer money for political manoeuvring, and warning of potential misuse of such a large sum.
This comes at a time when NUP president Hon Robert Kyagulanyi, has been blaming government for institutionalizing corruption and misusing tax payers money demanding for transparency.
“We need clear accountability and transparency in how this money is being spent. It’s crucial that Ugandans know where their money is going,” Kyagulanyi said last week at Parliament.
By press time no MPs had rioted over the given money . While some defended it , others where just silently up dating their accounts.
Save for this 11th Parliament of about 529 legislators representing various constituencies, along with over 28 ex- officials , past parliaments have enjoyed similar questionable bonanzas.
In 2017, MPs were controversially given Shs200 million each to compensate for “unforeseen expenses” during the push to amend the Constitution, allowing President Museveni to run for another term.
While in 2018, Parliament approved a hefty Shs10 billion to facilitate MPs’ “consultations” ahead of the controversial age limit vote.
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