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“This is premised on the fact that the crisis is escalating and requires urgent attention before it manifests into a huge economic and security crisis,” Mpuuga explained.
Addressing journalists this morning, Mpuuga said that he is alive to the procedures for recall of parliament but also to the powers of the Speaker.
Petrol prices have been rising sharply since early last year, but skyrocketed at the beginning of this month following a strike by truck drivers at the Kampala-Kenya border in Busia and Malaba. The truckers were contesting a requirement for another COVID-19 test at the border even after presenting a negative PCR test.
According to Mpuuga, petroleum prices are linked directly to consumer prices and immediate action by the government is important for the situation to go back to normal.
He added that it is a case of negligence for the government and its officials to give different communications on the matter.
Appearing before Parliament’s Finance Committee on Tuesday, Amos Lugoloobi, the Minister of State for Planning told MPs that the government is handling the challenge of fuel in the country that arose from a policy problem to control the spread of COVID-19. Lugoloobi added that the issue is just a disruption in the entry of trucks from the border.
