🇺🇬 “WE ARE RESETTING PARLIAMENT BACK TO THE FACTORY DEFAULT.”
Speaker Jacob Oboth Oboth says Parliament is being reset to what it was intended to be.
He says his office will no longer operate as a donation centre, adding that those seeking help should write to President Museveni, whom he described as “the chief donor of Government.”
The Speaker says committee funds will instead be strengthened to reduce MPs’ dependence on ministries, departments and agencies they are supposed to supervise.
“There is nothing demeaning as asking for kitu kidogo from those who are supposed to supervise.”
He says MPs risk being compromised when agencies appearing before Parliament give them money.
Why it matters: the Speaker is framing this as an accountability reset, saying Parliament must protect its oversight role by reducing financial dependence on the very institutions it scrutinises.
🇺🇬 Speaker Jacob Oboth Oboth questioned delays in the construction of Parliament’s chamber.
He said the project has taken too long, despite funds being provided through the Budget and some money reportedly lying on Parliament’s account at Bank of Uganda.
“A chamber taking from 2014 to date, unless you are building something else, but not that small Parliament.”
The Speaker alleged that delays were not because money was unavailable, but because some people were interested in kickbacks.
“Me, a son of a peasant whom God has blessed to be a Speaker, what else can you do to me?”
He said his focus is on service and accountability, not personal gain.