Stand up against corruption, censure motion MPs tell voters

Members of Parliament seeking to introduce a motion against the service award for Commissioners of Parliament are undeterred by their recess, continuing their efforts to collect signatures to support their cause.

The MPs are traversing the country, determined to gather the required number of signatures to present their motion to Parliament.

Tororo District Woman MP Sarah Opendi was recently in Mbale to meet with Namisindwa County MP, Apolo Masika, who is currently indisposed.

Despite his unavailability, Opendi obtained Masika's signature in support of the motion.

Masika’s endorsement reduced the remaining signatures to nine out of the legal requirement of 177 signatures.

“I am ready and willing to be with members of parliament to participate and we work together to make sure that our eleventh parliament goes on the right truck,” Masika said as he condemned acts of corruption in Parliament.

Masika becomes the 11th legislator from Bugisu sub-region to append his signature.

The area is represented by 23 MPs. They  are

Ssironko: Nathan Nandala Mafabi_ Budadiri West; Isiah Sasaga in Budadiri East

Mbale City: Seth Wambede, Northern Division; Karim Masaba, Mbale City Industril Division, Conie Galiwango for Woman MP.

Mbale District: Richard Wand_Bungokho Central; Robert Wandwasi_ Bungokho North

Bududa: John Baptist Nambeshe_Manjiya; Isaac Modoi_Lutseshe

Bulambuli: Gerald ngoli_ Elgon; Isaac ktenya_ Bulambuli

Namisindwa: John Musila_Bubulo East; Apollo Masika_Namisindwa

Manafwa: None

Opendi revealed that the campaign is less by 9 signatures against the 177 legal requirement.

She urged fellow MPS to endorse the list in solidarity with the President's call to combat corruption.

“We want to ask other members of parliament that we are available to have these signatures picked from wherever you are so that we can be able to have a conversation in the parliament of Uganda regarding corruption which we all know is cancer,” said Opendi.

The Tororo Woman MP further rallied citizens to demand accountability from their representatives on the fight against corruption adding that the people's voices must be heard, and it is the duty of their representatives to amplify them.

“People need services we are paid as members of parliament to represent the people, we cannot sit to begin awarding ourselves, let the voters appreciate you by giving you another term but not you appreciate yourself in monetary terms”