Jesca Ababiku, Chairperson Presidential Affairs Committee has denied allegations by the Opposition that the State budgets for activities that are outside the law.
Ababiku made the remarks while responding to questions raised in the Minority report that was tabled in Parliament by Hon Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda in which he accused state house and the presidency of extravagance like weddings and birthday parties. Ababiku said the Committee that oversees State House has never allocated funds for such activities.
“As a Committee that oversees State House, we have clear activities of Presidency and this is provided for under article 98 of the constitution. We have never requested for support for any activities like weddings and birthday parties, so I request that this is removed from the report unless there is evidence that we requested for these activities,” said Ababiku.
Ababiku also cited that some of the names included in the list of presidential advisors Klaus Holderbaum and Deo Nsereko are dead, while Judyth Nsababera Muthoni is an ambassador deployed in China saying, “Unless there is evidence that there is an expenditure for ghost staff, we disassociate ourselves with this list and I can cite this person has died and we don’t have evidence of ghost expenditure under salary.” said Ababiku.
