The Government Chief Whip, Hon. Denis Hamson Obua has applauded the eleventh Parliament for holding the primary ever regional plenary sittings in Gulu City, Northern Uganda.
Obua made the remarks throughout the plenary sitting at Kaunda grounds, Gulu City on Wednesday, 28 August 2024.
He paid tribute to Speaker, Anita Among for championing the regional plenary sittings.
“This is the primary time in put up and pre-independence that the Parliament is sitting outdoors the Capital, Kampala and we have to commend you,” Obua stated.
He added, “You [Speaker] will dwell within the historical past of our Parliament to have set the file of taking the Parliament to the folks as a result of the legislative energy is derived from the folks,” stated Obua
Obua additional famous that even after the promulgation of the 1995 Constitution, Parliament had not held plenary sittings outdoors Kampala.
“Legally, the farmers of the structure envisaged a scenario the place the presiding officer would take Parliament to any a part of the nation, so long as it’s in Uganda,” Obua stated.
He applauded the Speaker for operationalizing Article 95 (2) which states that , “A session of Parliament shall be held at such place inside Uganda and shall start at such time because the Speaker could, by proclamation, appoint”.
“Implying any Member of this House who refuses to be in Gulu, that act ought to be termed unconstitutional and towards the Rules of Procedure,” Obua stated.
The Government Chief Whip additionally stated that the regional plenary sittings are an financial enhance to the folks of Northern Uganda.
“In the final two weeks, committees had been deployed in Northern Uganda, and the members stayed in accommodations, ate meals from eating places and fueled vehicles. Even the farmer advantages as a result of we’re consuming regionally grown meals,” Obua stated.
“The sitting termed as regional has three elementary importances that have to be go on file; legally, economically and traditionally and the multiplier impact is superb,” Obua stated.
Parliament is holding plenary sittings in Gulu City from Wednesday, 28 to Friday, 30 August 2024, throughout which focus will likely be placed on debating pertinent points affecting Northern Uganda.
Parliament plans to carry related sittings in Western, Eastern and Central Uganda.
