July 27, 2021 Written by URN
Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has reiterated calls for the scrapping of MPs vehicle cash, saying Uganda is too poor to afford such a venture for so many legislators.
The call comes less than a week after 529 MPs and 26 ex-officios each received Shs 200 million on their accounts to purportedly buy themselves a car. No accountability is needed for this money, and the latest payout has once again drawn public ire especially at a time when most Ugandans continue to suffer the financial bluntness of the Covid-19 lockdown and restrictions.
Speaking at the party’s headquarters at Najjanankumbi in Kampala on Monday, FDC spokesperson and one of the MPs who got the money, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda said the gover
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Covid cash was our idea - FDC’s Amuriat
Tuesday July 13 2021
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Sole idea. “This ideas of Shs100,000 is well stated in our manifesto and as I said, these are just copy cats. We said as FDC, we would be providing this money to every household per month for six months. Our ideas are being adulterated by Ms Nabbanja,” Mr Patrick Amuriat, the FDC president.
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The Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has accused the government of hijacking its idea of Covid-19 relief cash transfer to vulnerable Ugandans.
The government last week embarked on giving relief inform of cash to people whose incomes were affected by the Covid-induced lockdown, which idea was announced by the Prime Minister, Ms Robinah Nabbanja, on June 20.