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The questioning
came after Parliament’s Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs, led by Mr.
Milton Muwuma, said there is no information about this account reflected in the
ministry’s budget. Mr. Muwuma told the House plenary session that the account
was opened irregularly, without following the law as required by Article 153(2)
of the Constitution.
“Despite the
lengthy deliberations with the Accountant General on the mode of operation of
the Amisom account and the transmission mechanism of the funds from the AU to
the Consolidated Fund, the committee is concerned about the legality and
prudence of establishing and maintaining a special account by the Ministry of
Defence without an Act of Parliament,” Mr. Muwuma said.
The committee
proposed that the Defence ministry considers remitting the Amisom revenues to
the UPDF fund as established by Section 25 of the UPDF Act. However, Gen. Odong
insisted that the account is regular and was opened in line with Uganda’s laws.
“The authority of this account exists because section 9 of the Public Finance
Act authorises the opening of such an account,” he said.
Meanwhile
thousands of people rallied in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu to show their
support for the newly elected parliament speaker Prof.Mohamed Osman Jawaari.
The demonstrators
praised Jawaari for his election as new speaker for the new Somali
parliament. The rally comes as Somali technical committees says the
next schedule will be the presidential election.
Jawari thanked
his competitors in the race, saying it was historic event that will see
the country, which was under strive for almost 21 years of conflict, gets a
government at last.
Courtesy of Monitor of Uganda
and our Somali Reporter
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