Kadaga directs rules committee to probe Sejusa

By Joyce Namutebi & Cyprian Musoke      
 
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has directed the committee on rules, privileges and discipline to investigate the conduct of Army representative, Gen. David Sejusa and report back to the House before October 10.

Kadaga communicated the directive during a plenary sitting on Thursday.

On September 16, she communicated to Parliament about the continued absence from the sittings of Parliament by Sejusa and in the same communication she informed the House that she had written to him requesting him to attend the next sitting.

"To-date he has neither complied with the request to attend sitting of this House nor has he made any communication to me in regard to the same. In the circumstances and in accordance with rule 101(8) of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament of Uganda, I refer this matter to the committee on rules, privileges and discipline to discuss and investigate the member's conduct," Kadaga said.

Sejusa fled to self-imposed exile in the UK after he made statements about President Yoweri Museveni's succession plans.

He has been declared Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) by the army.