The Leader of Opposition in Parliament Joel Ssenyonyi has welcomed the motion for the censure of the four Commissioners in Parliament, that is being spearheaded by NRM MPs, saying this should be able to rest arguments in public that National Unity Platform’s (NUP) to categorize the service award as immoral wasn’t intended to target Mathias Mpuuga in person, but rather call out the irregularities surrounding the award.
Ssenyonyi made the remarks while speaking to journalists at Parliament, following pronouncement by MPs led by Theodore Ssekikubo (Lwemiyaga County) who called for the removal from office all the MPs on the Parliamentary Commission, over the Shs400M-Shs500M they shared amongst themselves as service award, where the group argued that the ouster of the Commissioners will restore the dignity & integrity of Parliament as well as maintain and strengthen the public trust and confidence in Parliament.
The LOP, Joel Ssenyonyi also confirmed that he will be appending his signature to the censure motion to see to it that; Esther Afoyochan (Zombo DWR), Prossy Akampulira (Rubanda DWR), Solomon Silwany (Bukooli Central) and Mathias Mpuuga (Nyendo-Mukungwe) are removed from their positions as members of the Parliamentary Commission, and welcomed the move by NRM MPs in leading the cleansing of the Parliamentary Commission.
“I am glad that folks in the NRM are raising to the occasions and saying this is problematic and actually it is important that they take lead because they have three members, we in the opposition we have one. I am glad that they have come on board because that is what we have been telling them. You can’t be six months into office and sit and award yourselves money, what have you done in six months? This now gets to remove politics as some people have been saying, it is NUP versus Mpuuga, No, it is a question of an irregularity that happened and I am glad our colleagues have come on board. I am going to append my signature,” added Joel Ssenyonyi.
Meanwhile PLU Members of Parliament led by David Kabanda have also signed the motion saying that the cleaning exercise has to begin within the NRM itself
