Uganda’s Parliament is brazenly showcasing its corrupt and rotten core as it deliberately obstructs the censure motion against four Parliamentary Commissioners. Lwemiyaga County MP, Theodore Ssekikubo, has been forced to grovel before the Speaker, begging for his motion to be included on the Order Paper. This motion, aimed at censuring the Commissioners over the obscene UGX 1.7 billion Service Award scandal, is on the brink of being buried by Parliament’s calculated delay tactics.
The sheer audacity of Parliament’s leadership in dismissing Ssekikubo’s plea is beyond disgraceful. It’s a flagrant insult to every Ugandan who is repulsed by this shameless abuse of power and public funds. The 14-day deadline for tabling such a motion is not just a procedural nicety—it’s a legal mandate that demands immediate action. Yet, the Parliament’s top brass seem more interested in bending the rules to protect their fellow cronies than in upholding the law.
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa’s hollow promises of guidance are nothing but a smokescreen for the dirty politics at play. His indifferent suggestion that the 14 days might or might not include weekends is a blatant attempt to buy time and shield the corrupt Commissioners from facing the consequences of their actions. Such duplicitous behavior reeks of impunity and further destroys what little remains of the Parliament’s integrity.
Adding fuel to the fire, the High Court’s recent ruling that upholds the Service Award has only emboldened these corrupt officials. But Ssekikubo, undeterred by this setback, has rightly emphasized that his censure motion is based on different grounds and remains unaffected by the court’s decision. Nevertheless, the court’s ruling has undoubtedly cast a shadow of fear and uncertainty, likely intimidating other MPs who might have supported the motion.
This entire charade exposes the deep-seated corruption that festers within Uganda’s political system. It’s not just the four Commissioners who are guilty—the entire Parliament stands accused of operating like a criminal syndicate, more concerned with protecting its own than with serving the people it was elected to represent. Ugandans are fed up with this farce of accountability. It’s time to demand real change and to hold these corrupt leaders’ feet to the fire. The censure motion must not be allowed to quietly vanish into obscurity; it must be brought to the floor and fiercely debated. The people of Uganda deserve nothing less than full accountability and the immediate purging of these corrupt elements from their government.
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