By KGR Reporter,
Speaker of Parliament Annet Anita Among has defended the move to hold regional parliamentary sittings.
She insists it will not put the tax payer’s money to waste.
Plans to spend over twenty billion shillings for the regional parliamentary sitting have attracted criticism within and outside Parliament.
However, Anita Among who early yesterday paid homage to the home of the late speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah in Omoro said holding the regional parliamentary sittings is normal.
She explained that parliament is not just a building situated in Kampala but can sit anywhere around the country with the proclamation of the speaker as enshrined in the law. Rt. Hon. Among one speaking….
According to DP’s acting spokesperson, Ismael Kirya, spending 5 billion shillings per sitting is excessive and will not effectively address the needs of the people in the regions, but Among says the money is not wasted but put to good use.
The regional Parliamentary sitting will be held in four traditional regions of Northern, Eastern, Western, and Central Uganda with the sitting commencing for the first time at Kaunda Playgrounds in Gulu city from today to August 30th. END.