Buyaga County east MP in Kibale District Ignatius Besisira has called for Minimum Qualification for all Lower Council elective offices like other offices which has Minimum Qualifications because decisions that are take at the lower Councils need people who have elementary Education.

Besisira says all Local Councils right from LC111 to LC 1 have no minimum Qualifications which he said is dangerous when issues on Governance are being taken with people who have never gone to School.

Local government minister, Adolf Mwesige

He said the laws need to be amended to include Minimum Qualification for all Local Councils to avoid the embarrassment of some Leaders who failed to swear in English an indication that, such people cannot express themselves in a Council when an important matter is being discussed.

In Response the Minister of Local Government Adolf Mwesige who had appeared before the Committee to defend the Ministry Budget for the financial year 2011/2012 defended the Political heads at lower Councils they must be left to contest for any office because they need to be part and partial of decision making.

He said the law instead needs to be amended to create room for all lower Councils to debate freely in their local languages since English is a foreign language and majority of Ugandans are not educated on reason or the other.