{UAH} MBABAZI ATTACKS COMMERCIALISATION OF POLITICS
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"Some NRM MPs Sent to Popularise Museveni Are Instead But Facilitating
Their Supporters"
Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has said all proposals for electoral
reforms will be considered on their merit, calling on opposition
groups to table theirs rather than go on a nationwide campaign trail.
Mbabazi denied media reports attributed to FDC activist Kizza Besigye
that the two have met over the reforms. He was meeting with the
European Union Head of Delegation in Uganda, Kristian Schmidt who
called on him at his office on Friday.
Schmidt wanted to find out how far the Government had gone with the
Public Finance Management Bill, the Non-Governmental Organisations
(NGO) Bill and proposals for electoral reforms.
"We are in advanced stages of having the National Budget passed before
the beginning of the financial year but there are a few issues still
being sorted out by the relevant committee of Parliament," Mbabazi
said.
Both he and his guest castigated commercialisation of politics.
Mbabazi who is also the NRM Secretary General said the party recently
facilitated its MPs to popularise "the 22 Kyankwanzi resolutions" but
many wrongly turned it into facilitation for their supporters.
On the NGO Bill, Mbabazi said it aimed to enhance accountability and
transparency in the civil society because similar standards were
provided for in the Public Finance Management Bill.
"We value NGOs because they are doing great work since they reach
where Government has not yet but we dissuade those that come under the
mast of NGOs with different intentions," he said.
On electoral reforms that required constitutional amendments, he said
some of them were proposed in 2009 but put on hold because they
courted controversy and required wider consultation amidst a shortage
of time.
Mbabazi said as the Chairman of the Constitutional Amendment Committee
he had received more proposals, including some from the Citizens'
Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) and the Interparty
Consultative Forum.
Schmidt said the opposition had some good ideas which should be
accorded fair discussion in Parliament. He was accompanied by Thomas
Millar, the first secretary and head of governance, trade and private
sector development at the Delegation Office.
Robert Atuhairwe
--
"TRY TO GROW UP!" "WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAYS 'ORDERS FROM ABOVE' HE
MEANS ME" "EVERY BULLET THAT MISSES A SOLDIER CATCHES A CIVILIAN"
"WHATEVER I DO, WHATEVER I DON'T, WILL DO IT LIKE MBARBERZEE"
"OKWANGALI IS A FOOL!"
MEMBER OF THE VISIONARIES CLUB, THIRD AXIS
Their Supporters"
Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has said all proposals for electoral
reforms will be considered on their merit, calling on opposition
groups to table theirs rather than go on a nationwide campaign trail.
Mbabazi denied media reports attributed to FDC activist Kizza Besigye
that the two have met over the reforms. He was meeting with the
European Union Head of Delegation in Uganda, Kristian Schmidt who
called on him at his office on Friday.
Schmidt wanted to find out how far the Government had gone with the
Public Finance Management Bill, the Non-Governmental Organisations
(NGO) Bill and proposals for electoral reforms.
"We are in advanced stages of having the National Budget passed before
the beginning of the financial year but there are a few issues still
being sorted out by the relevant committee of Parliament," Mbabazi
said.
Both he and his guest castigated commercialisation of politics.
Mbabazi who is also the NRM Secretary General said the party recently
facilitated its MPs to popularise "the 22 Kyankwanzi resolutions" but
many wrongly turned it into facilitation for their supporters.
On the NGO Bill, Mbabazi said it aimed to enhance accountability and
transparency in the civil society because similar standards were
provided for in the Public Finance Management Bill.
"We value NGOs because they are doing great work since they reach
where Government has not yet but we dissuade those that come under the
mast of NGOs with different intentions," he said.
On electoral reforms that required constitutional amendments, he said
some of them were proposed in 2009 but put on hold because they
courted controversy and required wider consultation amidst a shortage
of time.
Mbabazi said as the Chairman of the Constitutional Amendment Committee
he had received more proposals, including some from the Citizens'
Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) and the Interparty
Consultative Forum.
Schmidt said the opposition had some good ideas which should be
accorded fair discussion in Parliament. He was accompanied by Thomas
Millar, the first secretary and head of governance, trade and private
sector development at the Delegation Office.
Robert Atuhairwe
--
"TRY TO GROW UP!" "WHEN THE PRESIDENT SAYS 'ORDERS FROM ABOVE' HE
MEANS ME" "EVERY BULLET THAT MISSES A SOLDIER CATCHES A CIVILIAN"
"WHATEVER I DO, WHATEVER I DON'T, WILL DO IT LIKE MBARBERZEE"
"OKWANGALI IS A FOOL!"
MEMBER OF THE VISIONARIES CLUB, THIRD AXIS
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