Former lawmakers have cautioned the Speaker of Parliament Anita Among against using her powers to suffocate debate aimed at reprimanding the first son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba over his ‘irritating’ Twitter posts.
It comes a day after Mathias Mpuuga, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament raised concern over Gen. Muhoozi’s Twitter posts on national and regional matters that are capable of causing insecurity and diplomatic rows between Uganda and the other East African Community member states during plenary on Tuesday.
In recent times, Muhoozi, a four-star General of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces – UPDF and Special Presidential Advisor on Special Operations has been making a series of overtone statements on his official Twitter handle, @mkainerugaba, including alleging that it was very dangerous for anybody to fight their brothers of the M23 whom he reportedly said they were not terrorists and fighting for the rights of the Tutsi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
However, Among interjected Mpuuga’s submission as she did against Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, the Kira Municipality MP on grounds that the Rules of Procedure of Parliament do not permit discussions on an individual who is not present in the House to defend him/herself.
Rt. Hon. Mpuiga speaking…..
Hon. Daniel Omara Atubo, a lawyer and the former Otuke County Legislator and Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development like other many former Legislators disagree with Among for stopping the MPs from airing their objections against the conduct of Gen Muhoozi, cautioning the Speaker not to use her powers to ‘kill’ the debate on Gen. Muhoozi because he does not have any special privileges as a public servant. END