House Demands Sh1b From Mutebile
Mar 03, 2003
MEMBERS of Parliament are demanding sh1.9b from Bank of Uganda governor Tumusiime Mutebile,
By James Odong
MEMBERS of Parliament are demanding sh1.9b from Bank of Uganda governor Tumusiime Mutebile, which they said accrued from the illegal tax exemption of consultancy services during the sale of the Uganda Commercial Bank Ltd.
“The Parliament of Uganda do hereby resolve as follows; that Tumusiime Mutebile be required to personally refund the taxes he illegally exempted the consultants from paying; that Parliament withdraws and do hereby withdraws its approval of Tumusiime Mutebile as the governor of the Bank of Uganda,†the MPs said.
Wagonda Muguli (Buikwe north), who moved the resolution dated February 24, said, “I can confirm to you that the motion is for real. We have said it time and again that article 119 (5) of the constitution, which makes it mandatory for the attorney general to be involved in such transactions was not followed,†Muguli said.
He added, “Because this first legal requirement was not followed, all subsequent transactions were wrong. That is why we are rejecting the UCBL sale, in as much as it did not comply with the law.â€
The resolution, seconded by Cap. Charles Byaruhanga (Kibaale), also urges the appointing authority to relieve Gerald Ssendaula, the finance minister of his portfolio, saying he failed to supervise the sale, thereby causing a financial loss of over sh332b to the country.
Meanwhile, the executive yesterday stepped up its efforts to save Ssendaula from censure.
State ministers Isaac Musumba (planning), Okot Ogong (parliamentary affairs), Tim Lwanga (Luweero), Christine Aporu (disaster preparedness) and Grace Akello (entandikwa), spent most of the morning interacting with MPs ahead of today's debate.
Other efforts included a special cabinet and the Movement caucus convened yesterday.
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MEMBERS of Parliament are demanding sh1.9b from Bank of Uganda governor Tumusiime Mutebile, which they said accrued from the illegal tax exemption of consultancy services during the sale of the Uganda Commercial Bank Ltd.
“The Parliament of Uganda do hereby resolve as follows; that Tumusiime Mutebile be required to personally refund the taxes he illegally exempted the consultants from paying; that Parliament withdraws and do hereby withdraws its approval of Tumusiime Mutebile as the governor of the Bank of Uganda,†the MPs said.
Wagonda Muguli (Buikwe north), who moved the resolution dated February 24, said, “I can confirm to you that the motion is for real. We have said it time and again that article 119 (5) of the constitution, which makes it mandatory for the attorney general to be involved in such transactions was not followed,†Muguli said.
He added, “Because this first legal requirement was not followed, all subsequent transactions were wrong. That is why we are rejecting the UCBL sale, in as much as it did not comply with the law.â€
The resolution, seconded by Cap. Charles Byaruhanga (Kibaale), also urges the appointing authority to relieve Gerald Ssendaula, the finance minister of his portfolio, saying he failed to supervise the sale, thereby causing a financial loss of over sh332b to the country.
Meanwhile, the executive yesterday stepped up its efforts to save Ssendaula from censure.
State ministers Isaac Musumba (planning), Okot Ogong (parliamentary affairs), Tim Lwanga (Luweero), Christine Aporu (disaster preparedness) and Grace Akello (entandikwa), spent most of the morning interacting with MPs ahead of today's debate.
Other efforts included a special cabinet and the Movement caucus convened yesterday.
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