Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee has vowed to proceed with the Constitution Amendment Bill which is before the Committee despite numerous calls to political Parties and other Ugandans who have kept a deaf ear to appear. Committee Chair Steven Tashobya says the Committee was given a limited time of 45 days to present the report to Parliament. Given the road map to the forth coming general Elections, they cannot seat and wait for the stakeholders who have refused to present their views.
He said the Committee has extended an invitation to all Political Parties saying it is disappointing that none honoured the call. He said, however, that this will not derail the Committee’s efforts to write its report to the floor of Parliament for consideration.
Tashobya further noted that the Committee has other bills to look at like Presidential Elections, Parliamentary and Electoral Commission Amendments which will give room to organize the forth coming general Elections 2016.
Democratic Party Secretary General Mathias Nsubuga Birekerawo who appeared before the Legal Committee on short notice instead pleaded with the Members who were waiting to receive the Party’s view to allow them present next week given the condition of their Party President Norbert Mao. This request was granted by the Committee Chairperson.
