By Francis Lubega
17th May 2023
Kira Municipality Member of Parliament Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has challenged ministers into the Karamoja iron sheets saga for conducting government businesses while still battling court cases.
The MP raised this as a matter of concern in parliament saying the said ministers should be involved in any government business since they were still surviving court bail they secured on medical grounds.
He says that the bail may be interpreted as a lie by the judiciary which may result in the denial of the same court bail to other genuine government officials.
Ssemujju’s remarks followed the presence of Minister of State for Planning Amos Lugolobi in parliament on Wednesday as he deliberated on budget matters yet he is accused of stealing iron sheets meant for Karamojongs and was granted court bail on medical grounds.
However, speaker Anita Among asked MP Ssemujju to accept Minister Lugolobi to deliberate on grounds of presumption of innocence.
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