Parliament will resume plenary sittings on Tuesday next week after a three-week recess with a reduced number of legislators because of the Ebola threat.
This was contained in a notice of resumption of plenary sitting issued by the Clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige Kasaija this afternoon to all Members of Parliament.
The House will resume amidst plans to ban visitors to parliament following the escalation of the Ebola cases in the city. Yesterday, the business Committee of parliament held a meeting chaired by Speaker Among that was attended by the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, and chairpersons of various committees that discussed the possibility of reducing the number of people accessing the parliamentary building.
Mwine Mpaka Rwamirama, the Mbarara City South Member of Parliament, who doubles as the Chairperson of the Trade and Tourism Committee who attended the meeting confirmed that the matter came to their attention, adding that the speaker will issue a detailed communication on how the new SOPs will be implemented once Parliament has reconvened. MP. Mwine on sops….
Notably, legislators from Mubende and Kassanda districts have been asked to limit physical interactions with their constituents while Parliamentary Committees are barred from carrying out physical visits to districts that have been affected by the epidemic.End.
