By Francis Lubega
20th June 2023
The Bardege-Layibi Division Member of Parliament in Gulu City, Martin Ojara Mapenduzi has on Tuesday officially resigned his position as the chairperson for the Public Accounts Committee on Local Government.
His resignation has been confirmed by the Speaker of Parliament Anita Among in her communication to the house while opening up the Tuesday’s sitting noting that Mapenduzi tendered in his resignation letter and it was received by the leadership of parliament and they accepted it.
Speaker Anita Among further informed the house that after accepting Martin Ojara Mapenduzi’s resignation they asked him to present the pending reports of the committee.
In August 20222, the Speaker of Parliament Anita Among declined the re-designation of Martin Ojara Mapenduzi by the Opposition, as chairperson of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee-PAC Local Government.
Mathias Mpuuga, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament had reshuffled some members of the Shadow Cabinet including the re-designation of Gilbert Olanya of Kilak South County to replace Mapenduzi.
Meanwhile, the Speaker also informed the House that the MPs will now start using the biometric register that captures their attendance and that of the ministers.
She also added that parliament is going to start publishing the attendance register as part of the accountability mechanism for the MPs in the house.
The speaker has also reminded the MPs that they are only remaining with two years to end their term thus asking them to work for their voters if they want to be voted for the next term come 2026.
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