The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has guided the House that all business of the Tenth Parliament that remained incomplete, lapsed when the term of that Parliament came to an end.
Oulanyah made the communication during the Thursday afternoon plenary sitting in his guidance on rule 235 of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament.
The Speaker’s guidance means that government Bills that lapsed with the Tenth Parliament will now have to be published, reprinted and introduced in Parliament afresh, the same applies to Private Members Bills.
Also, Bills that were passed by the 10th Parliament and are pending Presidential assent and those returned by the President in accordance with Article 91 of the Constitution, but outside the term of the Tenth Parliament, are also considered business that lapsed and should be considered afresh.
Kira Municipality MP, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda asked Speaker Oulanyah to clarify on what happens to Bills like the National Social Security Bill 2019 that touch on the daily livelihood of people since many Ugandans were gearing up to benefit from the mid-term access provision.
Oulanyah said that his guidance has no exception and that it applies on all matters that have been handled by the Tenth Parliament in order for the Eleventh Parliament to begin on a clean slate.
