Members of parliament seeking to cause the censure of four backbench commissioners have written to the clerk of parliament to afford them transport and security to move to different constituencies to enable them to look for more signatures to support their motion.
The MPs say they have 167 signatures out of the 177 required to push the house to convene and debate the matter of how the commissioners allegedly awarded themselves 1.7 billion shillings as a service award in 2022.
The petitioners and some of their colleagues have invited them to their constituencies as the house is currently on recess. As they await a reply from the clerk of parliament they will start their movement on Monday next week.
In a June, 24 request to the Clerk to Parliament, Ssekikubo says he wants logistics to enable him to reach out to MPs in their respective country homes now that parliament is on adjournment until July, 23.
“As you are aware, we embarked on the collection of signatures to censure the four Backbench Commissioners. The House being adjourned until late July has made this task challenging as most members have returned to their constituencies,” Ssekikubo said in the request.
He says he wants to facilitate him in the form of a vehicle and fuel for a week to enable him to traverse various constituencies to get signatures from MPs.
Four parliamentary commissioners including Mathias Mpuuga, Solomon Silwany, Esther Afoyochan and Prossy Akampulira Mbabazi are accused of sharing amongst themselves, shs1.7 billion illegally in service awards without seeking the approval of Parliament.
“If you have noted, it is the NRM MPs at the forefront of this, the opposition are wobbling, they are looking through the windows, in the corridors,” he said.
“They run very fast, they aren’t putting their heads high. But for MPs who came to the strong promise to fight corruption and poor service delivery, this is another call, send those MPs to do their duty here, they must come to Parliament to discharge the cardinal duty to hold Parliament to account. But they are hiding, they are busy down there, they are in business.”