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Parliament promises to standby arrested MPs until pronounced guilty

By Winfred Watenya Parliament has promised to stand by the three legislators arrested over allegations of corruption until they are pronounced guilty. While officiating at the handover of the leadership of the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Youth Affairs at parliament earlier today, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa quickly added though, that this should not be misinterpreted as condoning corruption. He also asked the legislators not to shun the budget presentation session for fear of being arrested, amid reports that police continues to investigate alleged gross corruption among MPs. According to Daily Monitor, several Members of Parliament(MPs) had reportedly planned to skip today’s budget reading, following confirmation of the attendance of dozens of security and intelligence chiefs, including AIG […]

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