Opposition Members of Parliament will tomorrow return to the House and attend plenary sessions after a week of protest. The Opposition including some Independent legislators walked out of Parliament on July 19th and declared three days of protesting after the Appointments Committee approved the nomination of General Aronda Nyakairima as Internal Affairs minister. Aronda, the former chief of defence forces, was appointed Minister of Internal affairs in May this year. But Parliament refused to vet and approve his appointment insisting that he was still a serving army officer. After a two-month stand-off and the intervention of President Yoweri Museveni, the Appointments Committee chaired by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga endorsed General Aronda’s appointment. The opposition walked out in protest. Terego County MP Kassiano Wadri, a member of the Forum for Democratic Change, says when they decided to boycott plenary for three days, they knew that the ruling National Resistance Movement had the numerical strength to transact business. However, they wanted to send the message that they were not happy with the abrogation of the constitution, and that the rule of law and good governance were slipping through their hands.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:11:03 +0000
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