By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
The leading opposition party in parliament, the National Unity Party has today 15th February 2022 written to the Clerk of Parliament questioning the procedure being used to remove MP Zaake from being a commissioner of parliament.
In a letter written by MP Twaha Kivumbi on behalf of the Leader of Opposition, the opposition calls the motion incompetent, irregular and misconceived and should therefore be dropped.
Kivumbi’s letter comes a few hours before the motion is due to moved in parliament today.
Kivumbi argues that the notice to remove a commissioner is supposed to be displayed for 14 days but this has not been done failing the element of transparency.
“It remains unclear how 1/3 of all voting members of parliament could have been notified and persuaded the sign the notice. This compromises transparency,” Kivumbi argues.
Mityana Municipality MP is facing the censure today after he attacked the person of the Deputy Speaker, Anita Among.
Zaake attacked Among on his Twitter handle on Wednesday last week.
“To my consternation, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament while presiding over a session of parliament controverted the finding of High Court in Suit No. 85 of 2020 that I was tortured by sarcastically stating but with the utmost level of recklessness that though tortured, Won a medal in E.A @Parliament_Ug games,” reads part of Zaake’s tweet.
He further blamed Deputy Speaker Among for failing in her duty towards legislators and the country at large.
“The utter bunkum emanating from her dishonest lips was only intended to mock and break me down, this is idiocy! Parliament deserves better, how a person of her caliber lack intelligent prowess to appreciate that healing is a natural phenomenon,” reads part of Zaake’s tweets.
The tweets were in response to Among’s comment about Zaake, made during a Tuesday 8th debate on a torture statement tabled by the Acting Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Muruli Mukasa.
The Deputy Speaker’s comment followed a submission by Kampala Central MP Muhammad Nsereko who said that some members of the House are on record for having been tortured. He cited MP Zaake saying that even court ruled in his favor and that he is awaiting compensation.
