Speaker Anita Among has tasked government to explain why the Leader of Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi was blocked from accessing the site for the construction of Lubowa specialized hospital.
Speaker Among was addressing Parliament on Tuesday morning during a Parliamentary session.
Among described the blockage as unfortunate, wondering if the Executive only expects Parliament to appropriate funds without carrying out oversight to determine value for money.
“Yesterday, the Leader of Opposition, led a team to one of the institutions that we have given money, that is Lubowa hospital, to my surprise, I am told, which I am yet to confirm, I am told the team was denied access to see what is happening, where our money has gone and I think that is really unfortunate because we are doing what we are mandated to do as per the Constitution, we are doing our oversight role. So I think, as Government, you need to guide us should we just sit here, appropriate money we don’t see what is being done and we call it a day, remember this is taxpayers money”, said Anita Among said.
During the debate Parliament directed the Auditor General make an audit report for the said project which will be discussed by Parliament
