Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has been placed under investigations for its poor performance amid heavy funding.
The Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon Anita Among on Wednesday expressed discontent on how the committee has been sluggish, submitting only four reports out of 107 inquiries which are supposed to me handled.
The speaker subsequently ordered an audit on the performance of COSASE.
The committee is chaired by NUP MP Hon Joel Ssenyonyi who is also the spokesperson of the largest opposition establishment.
“We have invested lots of money in the committee [to perform its duties], but there are no results,” Hon Among said.
She further expressed disappointment with the committee for the bad performance as far as examining the reports and audited accounts of public entities is concerned.
Article 163(5) of the Constitution gives Parliament six months after the submission of the Auditor General’s report to debate and consider the report and take appropriate action.
Speaker said the period has elapsed and COSASE has only handled 4 entities out of the 107 required.
In response Mr Ssenyonyi asked the Speaker to first include the available reports on the order paper for debate.
“Imagine! Anyhow, still waiting for the delivered reports to be given space on Parliament’s order paper!” Ssenyonyi tweeted.