The NRM chief whip John Nasasira has revealed the plan by parliament to have the number of members of parliament on sessional and standing committees increased from 20 to 25 members.
NRM Chief Whip - John Nasasira
Speaking during the 1st NRM caucus meeting today Nasasira said that due to the increase of the number of mps in parliament, parliament has to increase the number of those who sit on committees in order to accommodate all the members.
He said that immediately parliament resumes he is going to move the motion asking parliament to have the number increased. He called upon NRM members to support the motion when it’s brought on the floor of parliament.
Currently the law says that each committee must accommodate 20 members of parliament and so far parliament is consisted of 12 sessional committees and 13 standing committees.
Nasasira also revealed parliament is also in the plans of having the committee of social services which handles education and health sector divided into two.
He says that both sectors are two wide and therefore for efficient monitoring by parliament must have separate committee on education and another on health. He however said that this is still in the pipeline but the leadership of parliament is still considering having committees increased.
By Isaac Senabulya