Busiro East MP, Medard Segona

Busiro East Member of Parliament Medard Lubega Segoona has expressed concern over the proposal in the oil bill empowering the president to appoint members of the national petroleum authority.

Segoona says that if passed in its current form, it will be difficult for the minister to supervise the work of such an authority whose membership is appointed by the president.

He says powers of appointing members should be left in the hands of the minister.

Ssegona however says that appointees by the minister should be approved by parliament in order to avoid bias.

Parliament was forced to suspend the discussion on the bills due to some disagreements from different members of parliament over parliament’s participation in the industry.

The main contentious issues in the bill are about the name to be given to the body that will be running the oil industry and the person responsible for appointing the members of the said body.