Parliament has rejected the decision by the Opposition National Unity Platform party to remove former Leader of Opposition MP Mathias Mpuuga from being the Parliamentary Commissioner.
NUP during the National Executive Committee, the NEC resolved to recall Mpuuga and replaced him with Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake after accusing him of accepting a financial reward from parliament for his services as LOP.
Chris Obore, the Director of Communication at Parliament, said the resolution alone cannot effect the removal of Mpuuga.
“That resolution of the NEC of the NUP cannot have the effect of removing a Commissioner of Parliament. The removal of a commissioner is governed by the mandatory provisions of Rule 110 of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament,” said Obore.
He said this can only be achieved through a motion for a resolution for the removal of a Commissioner, which shall be initiated by a notice in writing to the Clerk, signed by not less than one-third of all voting members of Parliament, indicating their intention for moving the motion for the removal.
“A Commissioner shall be removed upon the vote of at least half of all the voting members of Parliament. By the close of business on Friday, March 15th, the clerk had not received any notice to that effect. The voting members of Parliament are 529. Therefore, one-third of all voting members of Parliament is 143. And a half of all voting members of Parliament would require 265 members to vote in favor of the removal,” said Obote.
He described NUP’s attempt to remove MP Mpuuga as a non-starter. On Friday, Speaker Anita Annet Among ditched a debate initiated by a section of MPs to try to discuss the recent alleged irregularities in Parliament.
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