State Minister of Investment Hon Evelyn Anite has warned government rivals that the army will intervene should they risk stop ruling party lawmakers from amending the constitution.
The motion to revisit the constitution was scheduled to be tabled on Thursday but it has been deferred until next week awaiting the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga.
There will be fist fights on the floor of parliament; some have threatened. “The Bill will not be tabled. We are going to gym,” Kampala Central MP Muhammad Nsereko warned on Tuesday.
Minister Anite responded to Nsereko’s threats thus; “For us in Northern Uganda we don’t go to the gym. We are naturally fit. Those who threatened to box us; if you want to beat people; go and compete with Golola.”
She revealed that , “You cannot intimidate a ruling party. For them they are looking for support, but we are not. We are the party in government; we have the support of the magye (military).
She added, “We have 265 members who have supported this bill. We have the numbers; we have the people; this is the battle of the brain.
“We heard they are threatening to beat us; we shall not beat them physically but on the floor of the house; but of the worse comes to worst; we are not going to the gym. They should know that we are the ones in charge. If they cannot outsmart us, they should shut up and wait for Ugandans to decide.”
Anite says the MPs in support of the Amendment are simply doing what they were sent in the house to do.
“You cannot tell ‘togikwatako,’ when that is my job. So, you are asking me not to do my job. We shall amend that constitution; if we want to do amend it 10 times we shall do it,” she said.
