Legislators advocating for the censure motion against four Parliamentary Commissioners are facing setbacks from a faction of members who continue to oppose the initiative.
Asuman Basalirwa, the Member of Parliament for Bugiri Municipality, has criticized the motion, labeling it an illegal proposal.
MP Asuman has threatened legal action against MP Theodore Ssekikubo of Lwemiyaga County, the principal petitioner, along with other members who have endorsed the motion to censure the four commissioners.
He stated that he had received directives from MP Solomon Silwany (Bukooli Central) and MP Mathias Mpuuga (Nyendo-Mukungwe), both among the commissioners accused of unlawfully awarding themselves Shs1.7 billion.
MP Basalirwa warned that he would seek substantial damages in court, to be paid by MP Ssekikubo for initiating such an illegality. He argued that the censure motion was in contempt of court, given the ongoing legal case involving Parliament over the service award.
Previously, MP Mpuuga argued that the motion was illegal, contending that it was motivated by personal interests from those he referred to as adversaries.
Veronica Nanyondo, the Bukomansimbi District Woman Representative, had earlier written to withdraw her signature, claiming she had mistakenly appended it. She asserted that she had been deceived into signing the censure motion under the guise of signing an attendance list for another opposition meeting.
Nanyondo maintained that her decision to withdraw was not meant to undermine the censure motion’s process to recall the four commissioners over the Shs1.7 billion service award.
Earlier this week, MP Ssekikubo confirmed they had so far secured 123 of the 177 required signatures for the motion.