Oulanyah demands decorum in the 11th Parliament.

By; Francis Lubega

20^th May 2021

The former Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has said that the 11th Parliament owes Ugandans a duty to restore the dignity and reputation of the legislative arm of government.

According to Oulanyah, Members of Parliament are no longer respected amongst Ugandans because a lot has gone wrong, and the public believes that many legislators are self-seekers who only go to parliament to enrich themselves.

Oulannyah said this shortly after swearing in as a Member of Parliament for Omoro County, adding that

parliament needs to refocus its priorities and put more emphasis on national interest and perfecting service delivery for the people instead of debating things that don’t hold.

According to Oulannyah, the public is watching, as legislators scramble for money, citing the 20 million Shillings that was given to each MP at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, causing discomfort amongst Ugandans, and the hundreds of millions that each legislator receives in order to purchase vehicles which he say such things should not happen in the 11^th parliament.

He added that the 11th Parliament also has the mandate to restore its relationship with other arms of government, among them the Executive and the Judiciary, which has been broken often as a result of petty squabbles.

Oulannya is now warming up for yet another contest as he seeks to unseat Kamuli Woman MP Rebecca Kadaga from the Speaker’s seat. The two will be vetted by the Central Executive Committee of the National Resistance Movement and subjected to a vote in the caucus before the general vote scheduled for Monday.