Parliament declines NUP’s request to recall Mpuuga from Commissioner position
The parliament has stated circumstances under which the commissioner can be removed from this position which includes vacating a seat as a member of parliament,inability to perform the functions of his office arising from infirmity of body and mind ,misbehaviour,misconduct or incompetence. This comes after NUP’s decision to withdraw its nomination of Hon.Mathias Mpuuga as Commissioner of Parliament following accusations of corruption,dishonesty and abuse of office when he together with National Resistance Movement NRM members allocated themselves 1.7Billion shillings as service awards when he was still the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament . ”The above provision is reiterated in rule 110 (1) of the Rules of Procedure. This means that with the total voting members of Parliament being 529 the notice should be supported by not less than 177 members of Parliament. Your letter referred to above falls short of the requirements of rule 110 of the Rules of Procedure and accordingly, is incurably defective.””Parties lack the requisite legal mandate to recall a commissioner of Parliament once elected by Parliament.
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