Legislators at induction

The former majority leader in the Ghanian Parliament Cletus Apul Avoka  has advised members of the 10th parliament  to consider  allowing  independent member of parliament  to belong to a  caucus  for better legislation. Cletus said this after prof. Mwesigu Baregu from Tanzania informed members of parliament undergoing training that for them they did not have independent members of parliament like it is done in Uganda  as every member of parliament is required to belong to a particular party.

Cletus told MPs  that for them in Ghana at every beginning of parliament the speaker is mandated to ask independents to decide which caucus they will be legislating from. Cletus says that independents members of parliament also have good views they can add on caucus and they should not be left to perform their duties alone and independent members once elected in parliament can choose which side they want to belong to instead of forming three groups in parliament.

However the Kashari  south MP in Mbarara district Nathan Twesigye says that the proposal for independent to change sides in parliament in Uganda cannot work. Mityana south member of parliament Henry Makumbi says that it is a welcome proposal since there  is no one who does not belong any where.