Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has warned ‘naysayers’ from interfering with the work of Parliament.
Tayebwa said in his opening remarks during yesterday’s afternoon plenary sitting that the whole of last week the media has been awash with stories of investigations being conducted by one of our committees, which is Cosase and different reactions, some of them from members of this House would bring disrepute of the image of the House.
He cautioned those interfering with the way they are doing their work as a House noting that calling and threatening MPs or trying to belittle the House when conducting its duty should stop.
Tayebwa encouraged government officials and Members of Parliament, who may have any issues with the way business is conducted in the August House, to raise it with the leadership of Parliament who include the Speaker, Leader of Opposition, Leader of Government business and the party whips.
Tayebwa’s comments come at the backdrop of claims from some members of Parliament’s Committee on Commissions Statutory and State Enterprises (Cosase), that they have received death threats relating to the ongoing probe into the irregular operations of Uganda Airlines, which commenced last week.
The committee Chairperson, Joel Ssenyonyi confirmed the threats, stating that he had been instructed to “loosen” his energy while probing the Uganda Airlines boss.
Ssenyonyi subsequently recorded statements at Kampala Central Police Station on allegations of threatening violence.
