Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rules, Privileges and Discipline Committee of parliament has the jurisdiction to investigate and discipline any legislator for their conduct outside the precincts of the House, the committee chairperson Abdu Katuntu has stated. He delivered the verdict on Wednesday following an objection raised by the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is no law that allows a parliamentary committee to discipline legislators for their conduct outside the precincts of the house. This is part of the arguments raised by the lawyers of Francis Zaake, the embattled Mityana municipality member of parliament in their submission to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake has through his lawyers questioned the jurisdiction of the ongoing probe into his conduct. This is in line with the investigations by the Rules, Privileges and Discipline committee into Zaake’s alleged misconduct and use of unparliamentary language on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | vAt least three dozen supporters of National Unity Platform who were denied bail by the Court Martial have made a bid for freedom before the High Court Criminal Division in Kampala. The group that is currently in Kitalya and Kigo prisons on charges of illegal …
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