Retired Supreme Court judge Justice George Kanyeihamba has criticized caucuses of parties at Parliament, saying they stifle the MP’s rights to speak freely.<\/p>\n
He was this morning speaking at a post-election seminar for Members of Parliament.<\/p>\n
Presenting a paper on multi-party politics in Uganda, Kanyeihamba said the caucuses gag MPs whose responsibility is to serve the people’s interests and not the political parties.<\/p>\n
He says it’s a matter that the 9th parliament must resolve so the MPs can stand up to be counted for championing the people’s interests.<\/p>\n
Kanyeihamba also proposes that in the spirit of multi-party politics, it would have been a good gesture to have the Deputy Speaker of Parliament drawn from the opposition.<\/p>\n
He adds that the opposition political parties should be given space to participate in the spirit of nationalism since the ruling NRM has the majority MPs in Parliament.<\/p>\n
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