Bukanga North Member of Parliament, Nathan Byanyima is proposing a reform that stops MPs from being appointed to ministerial positions.<\/p>\n
The Ugandan legal framework currently provides for a Member of Parliament to double as a minister at the appointment of the president.<\/p>\n
According to Byanyima this is the only reform that will ensure effective service delivery as the opposition renews calls for constitutional and electoral reforms.<\/p>\n
Byanyima argues that the joining of the leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adture and the executive com\u00adpro\u00admises ef\u00adfec\u00adtive per\u00adfor\u00admance of the said arms of gov\u00adern\u00adment.<\/p>\n
“I don’t want Members of Parliament to be ministers because I want a person who will put the map of Uganda on his desk and pin it there. Let us hire intelligent people outside there who are not Members of Parliament and do the job for us,” Byanyima said.<\/p>\n
According to parliament, an MP is the po\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive of the vot\u00aders to a par\u00adlia\u00adment while a min\u00adis\u00adter is a politi\u00adcian who holds a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant pub\u00adlic of\u00adfice in a na\u00adtional or re\u00adgional gov\u00adern\u00adment.<\/p>\n
Min\u00adis\u00adters make up a Cab\u00adi\u00adnet and MPs, a Par\u00adlia\u00adment.<\/p>\n
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