Parliament to sit on Friday over Namuganza censure

The MPs accuse the minister of undermining the operations of Parliament using social media and other channels after the Naguru –Nakawa Land Adhoc Committee report implicated her in illegal land allocation to an investor.

On December 23, 2022, Agago County North MP, Amos Okot tabled the motion for a resolution of parliament to pass a vote of censure against minister Namuganza.

According to the order paper issued by the Clerk, Parliament will sit on Friday to among other things; constitute a select committee to consider the censure motion.

Over 200 legislators appended their signatures in support of the censure motion against the Minister of State for Housing, Persis Namuganza.

The ad hoc committee in their report, recommended that Namuganza steps aside for falsifying a presidential directive that saw the Uganda Land Commission allocate the said land to a section of investors.

Namuganza is reported to have said Parliament is powerless and unable to censure her in relation to her involvement in the Naguru-Nakawa land allocations.

The MPs launched the censure motion following Namuganza's refusal to apologise to Speaker Anita Among and MPs for her handling of the matter.

A censure does not necessarily mean the removal of a minister from Cabinet, but is a badge of infamy that is almost always followed with an implicated minister’s resignation.