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Speaker, AG block access to MPs’ salary information

The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, and Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka have instructed the Clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige, to withhold documents related to Members of Parliament’s salaries from the Ministry of Public Service and theEqual Opportunities Commission. This directive follows recent requests from both entities to the Clerk for detailed salary information of individual MPs. Among has rejected the requests. “The Uganda Parliamentary Commission is a stand-alone, we do not belong to Equal Opportunities. We are not civil servants for Public Service to start asking for salaries of Members of Parliament,” Among said on Tuesday. The Attorney General informed Parliament that he will brief the Commission’s leadership on their mandate and responsibilities, emphasizing that inquiring into MPs’ salaries is […] The post Speaker, AG block access to MPs’ salary information first appeared on 93.3 KFM.

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