Uganda MPs ordered to return iPads or pay for them
Wednesday April 07 2021
Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Member of Parliament Maj Gen Pecos Kutesa plays solitaire during plenary at Parliament in 2017. FILE PHOTO | NMG
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MPs have the option of paying a fee to keep the iPads.
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The Ugandan parliament has ordered legislators to return iPads that were issued to them five years ago by April 30.
The iPads, which were handed to them in 2016 at the beginning of their terms in office, were meant to help facilitate the MPs work.
In a March 31 letter from the Clerk to Parliament, Jane Kibirige reminds all lawmakers that the gadgets are the property of the government and must be returned or paid for before the end of MPs terms.
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Wednesday April 07 2021
Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Member of Parliament Maj Gen Pecos Kutesa plays Solitaire during plenary at Parliament in 2017. PHOTO/ALEX ESAGALA
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Parliament has given MPs up to April 30 to return the iPads that were issued to them in 2016 to facilitate their work.
A March 31 letter from the Clerk to Parliament, Ms Jane Kibirige, addressed to all MPs, a copy of which this newspaper has seen, states that the iPads are the property of government and must be returned before the end of their term in May.
She said Parliament has valued the iPads for disposal depending on the type and year of purchase.
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The Minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has called for the enactment of a Budget Act and the establishment of the Office of Scrutiny in Parliament.
He explained that the passage of the Budget Act and the presence of the Office of Scrutiny would help Parliament thoroughly scrutinise budgets and major economic transactions before they were put before the House for consideration.
“This will ensure adequate protection of the public purse and the taxpayers’ resources, as well as ensure value for money,” he said.
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During an engagement between the leadership of Parliament and the members of the Parliamentary Press Corps (PPC) in Parliament, Mr Iddrisu was worried that in the exercise of oversight of budgets over the years under various governments,
Speaker, deputy okayed to resign in new rules
Thursday April 01 2021
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In proposals submitted by the Committee of Rules Privileges and Discipline of March, the 11th Parliament will see changes and new rules in the composition of committees, nomination of EALA MPs, and the process of electing the Speaker.
Rule 154 on standing committees and sectoral committees previously offered a member the opportunity to belong to two committees, for a period of two and a half years.
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Lawmakers have provided for voluntary resignation of a Speaker and deputy at any moment of their five-year term. The current rules of Parliament only provide for impeachment under rule 107.
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