MP for Busongoara North in Kasese district, William Nzoughu

MPS are divided over a proposal seeking transferring the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee Leadership to the independent members of Parliament from the NRM party members.

The rules committee had proposed that the Human Rights committee be chaired by the independent MPS but both the opposition and NRM members of Parliament want to be in charge of the committee.

Opposition Members of Parliament who include the MP for Busongoara North in Kasese district, William Nzoughu and Obongi County MP, Hassan Fungaroo, opposed to the committee’s proposal saying that the independent who would be appointed to chair this committee could be leaning to the ruling party and has conflict of interest when the matter in question is bring the government in bad light.

Similarly, the Minister of State for Planning, David Bahati, said that the Human Rights committee should remain in hands of the ruling party members because there has been no case causing for the change of the status quo.

When the matter started to be contentious the Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, called off the debate on the matter.