House Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has written to the Constitutional Court wondering exactly how she should implement its ruling in the expelled ruling party MPs’ affair. The court last week directed Ms Kadaga through Attorney General Peter Nyombi to restrain the four MPs from participating in any Parliamentary activities pending determination of a constitutional petition challenging her decision to keep the lawmakers in the House after their expulsion from NRM party. However, in her September 9 letter, Ms Kadaga asks how she is expected to stop MPs from participating in any Parliamentary activities. In the same latter, Ms Kadaga requested for certified copies of the ruling of the honourable justices of the Constitutional Court plus a certified court order extracted from their ruling on the four expelled MPs. Ms Kadaga said: “As you’re aware, the case and all applications made thereunder are of significant constitutional importance to this country. “Furthermore, before I restrain the affected members as directed by the court, I am also seeking clarification as to how I can implement the order in relation to ‘restraining them from participation in any Parliamentary activities…’ considering the fact that some of the activities of MPs take place in the members’ constituencies where I have no control.” Commenting on Ms Kadaga’s letter, the chairperson of the four, Mr Theodore Ssekikubo (Lwemiyaga), said: “The Speaker has demonstrated that she is above petty politics and that she is a democrat and believer in the rule of law. She has defeated attempts to defeat the power of the people. Ms Kadaga and the Supreme Court have restored hope in the Judiciary and it’s the triumph of democracy and rule of law.” But commenting on the Kadaga letter that was also copied to the attorney general, government chief whip and clerk to Parliament, Judiciary spokesperson Erias Kisawuzi yesterday told the Daily Monitor that it has been overtaken by events in the Supreme Court. “It’s now an academic exercise,” he said. In May, Ms Kadaga had ruled that the MPs couldn’t lose their seats. Her verdict was a response to a written demand by the NRM Secretary General Amama Mbabazi that she declare the MPs’ seats vacant.
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 03:43:09 +0000
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