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The ultimatum was issued by Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, during a plenary sitting on Tuesday. It followed a concern raised by Muwada Nkunyingi, the Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs and Kyandondo East Constituency Representative citing wasteful expenditure of public funds.
The Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Gen. Jeje Odongo has been given until
Thursday to present a report to Parliament justifying the
accreditation of 71 government officials to attend the 78th United
Nations - UN General Assembly in New York.
The ultimatum was issued by Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, during a plenary sitting
on Tuesday. It followed a concern raised by Muwada Nkunyingi, the Shadow Minister
of Foreign Affairs and Kyandondo East Constituency Representative citing wasteful
expenditure of public funds.
Muwada
informed the House that reports have emerged citing
the State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem whose wife was allegedly among the 71-member delegation from Uganda to the UN General Assembly.
Muwaga says that Uganda has a Mission in New York which as of the Financial year 2021/2022 has been
funded to the tune of 16 billion Shillings to facilitate engagements with the UN
thus rendering it baseless for the country to send such a big delegation to
attend such a high profile summit.
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The Leader of the Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga asked the Speaker to direct the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja to
appear in the House and explain her role in the botched travel after she ridiculed
her subordinates in an audio circulating on social media platforms.
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Tayebwa ruled that the Foreign Affairs Minister,
Gen. Jeje Odongo, who led the delegation
to appear in the House on Thursday and explain the decision by his Ministry to
accredit all the 71 delegates and specify their respective roles during the UN Assembly
in New York in September.
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The MPs are dissatisfied that the delegates who were split into two
groups; one led by the Prime Minister and another led by Vice President Maj.
(Rtd) Jesca Alupo had no specific role at the Assembly and were subsequently
denied access to the venue forcing them to spend
their time in hotels.
The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly was
held on September 5, 2023, with the High-Level Week occurring from
September 18 to 22 in New York marking a
crucial milestone in the journey towards achieving the 2030 Agenda and the
urgent need to put the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
back on track.
Ochola's journalism career begun from Radio King 90.2 FM in Gulu around 2009, and Radio Rupiny 95.7 Fm under Vision Group in 2012. He also reported for Mighty Fire 91.5 Fm, Kitgum in 2015 before joining Wizarts Foundation in 2017.
He has been reporting for Uganda Radio Network (URN) since 2017 before being posted as Bureau Chief Kitgum, and latr Gulu between 2018 - 2021. Currently, he reports from Parliament.
