The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party parliamentary caucus will meet today to elect members to different House committees.
According to the 1995 Constitution, under Article 90, Parliament is mandated to appoint committees necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions, and to prescribe the powers, composition and functions of the committees through the Rules of Procedure.
In a notice, Justin Kasule Lumumba, the NRM party secretary general calls all the NRM parliamentary caucus members for a consultative meeting today at Kololo Independence Grounds starting at 2pm prompt.
The Kololo meeting is expected to be chaired by President Museveni, who is also the party chairperson.
Lumumba said for the caucus members to attend, they must prove that they are Covid-19 negative through compulsory rapid testing.
By law, all the accountability committees of Parliament are led by the Opposition legislators, while those mandated to implement government programs are chaired by the ruling party legislators.
