He further revealed that even the money to purchase houses for speaker and deputy speaker, buying cars for commissioners and parliamentary Directors was not allocated anywhere in the budget. He asked the parliamentary authority to explain where they got the money from. However, Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi, the Butambala Member of Parliament, who also doubles as the shadow Finance minister has protested this saying that the money used to purchase the two cars for the speaker and deputy speaker was not allocated in the financial year 2021-22. It brings bad feeling to see people abusing someone on mere lack of facts,вЂќ Kimosho said. It goes without saying that the Speaker was comfortable in her personal car that is as similar and as costly as the one that Parliament will procure. This was an idea invented, passed & budgeted for by the 10th Parliament.

Anitah Among invented the idea of buying the car for the Office of the Speaker of Parliament. Meanwhile, Kazo Constituency Member of Parliament Dan Kimosho has revealed that the idea to buy the two cars was invented by the 10th parliament that was presided over by Rebecca Kadaga. Sources divulged that only five parliamentary directors are going to be given new cars.

Parliament has 10 commissioners who are all going to be given new cars in addition to other emoluments like security and bigger allowances. Multiple credible sources at parliament revealed that the parliamentary commission has also approved the buying of new posh cars for all parliamentary commissioners and directors. He explained that parliament is also ready to follow the PPDA process when they are disposing off the old cars for the speaker and the deputy given their current mechanical conditions.Д®arly this month, parliament procured two Mercedes Benz S500 class valued at Shs2.4bn, a move the public protested claiming that it was not the right time to use public funds to procure expensive luxurious cars when the country is grappling with rising commodity prices. He rubbished allegations that parliament did not follow the Public Procurement process as stipulated in the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Act (PPDA) adding that this process started early this year. вЂњParliament is also in the process of procuring two houses, one for the office of the speaker and another for the office of Deputy speaker, which equally is an entitlement that will ultimately bring down the cost of renting houses for the two office bearers,вЂќ Obore reveals in his article in the FridayвЂ™s daily monitor. Obore revealed that once parliament buys the houses, it will remove the heavy burden on the legislative arm of government, of paying rent for houses for the speaker and the deputy speaker. ParliamentвЂ™s Director for Communication and Public Affairs Chris Obore has confirmed that parliament is going to buy two houses, one for the Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among and another for her deputy Thomas Tayebwa.

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