The Speaker of Parliament has tasked Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda to present before the House an action taken report on the Kibwetere massacre as well as compensation for orphans in the next two weeks.
Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga made the directive during yesterday`s plenary session where she communicated a petition from a group of orphans whose parents died on 17th March, 2000 in a fire blamed on a religious cult known as the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God led by Joseph Kibwetere.
Kadaga who noted that the matter had in the past been discussed severally on the floor of parliament and that a recommendation had been made to provide support to the affected persons directed that the Prime Minister presents to the house an action taken report on the matter within a fortnight. Rt. Hon. Kadaga speaking….
It is estimated that about 778 believers who had gathered in the church building in Kanungu were burnt after they allegedly locked themselves inside the building after they believed that the world would come to an end at the turn of the millennium. END