Lwemiyaga legislator Theodore Ssekikubo, who is leading a group of fellow MPs in pushing for the censure motion against the four Commissioners implicated in the 1.7 billion Service Award scandal, has requested the Clerk of Parliament to provide him with transport and security.
He plans to travel to different constituencies to gather more signatures for the censure motion.
Ssekikubo reports that 167 signatures have been collected so far, and the team aims to reach out to all MPs who cannot come to Parliament during the recess period.
A total of 177 signatures are required to pass the censure motion.
“I cannot abandon this effort when I am just 10 signatures shy of reaching the target. Some MPs claim to be trapped in their constituencies, so I want to travel and meet them where they are,” said Ssekikubo.
The four commissioners are accused of allocating themselves 1.7 billion shillings as a ‘service award.’
Former Leader of Opposition Mathias Mpuuga reportedly received 500 million shillings, while the other commissioners – Solomon Silwany (Bukooli Central), Esther Afoyochan (Zombo Woman), and Prossy Mbabazi (Rubanda Woman) – received 400 million shillings each. The meeting in which this money was allocated and approved was chaired by Speaker Anita Among.
