President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who has been silent on Parliament’s threats vowing to expose government’s sensitive expenditure has broken silence with a tough letter to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga.
In a three-page letter dated Tuesday 28th April, President Museveni expresses anger on attempts by Parliament to usurp his powers as the Executive which originated the request for supplementary budget where MPs allocated themselves shs 10 billion.
In the same letter a furious Museveni directs Auditor General John Muwanga conduct an audit on the expenditure of the shs 20 million by each legislator within 28 days.
Museveni also says he has several times communicated his displeasure to the Speaker about the legislature trying to usurp executive powers but he is frustrated things aren’t improving
In the same letter, Museveni directs Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng to write for him a report showing the extent to which the defiant legislators have breached his COVID19-related guidelines relating to physical distancing aimed at breaking the spread of the pandemic.
That he expected MPs to emulate his examples whereby he has resisted calls by citizens to have him stop and interact with them thrice as he returned from Nakasongola and Jinja on another occasion.
He references on the authority in Parliamentary Commission vs. Mwesigye Wilson (Constitutional Court 2016) to warn on the dangers of Parliament trying to usurp the powers of the executive.
He insists throughout his letter that using public funds to procure anything on behalf of government lies with the executive and never with MPs who he says have no business turning themselves into procuring officers because there is no law that permits such.
(additional reporting by Mulengera)