Opposition MPs blocked from accessing Lubowa hospital construction site

A section of opposition Members of Parliament has been barred from accessing the Lubowa Specialized Hospital construction site, just three months after parliament approved Shs2.7 billion to the Ministry of Health for the supervision works at the facility. The MPs led by the Leader of Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi had gone to assess the progress of the construction works but were blocked by police officers on the basis that they had no clearance from the Inspector General of Police (IGP). Ssenyonyi defended the opposition’s decision to visit the site, noting that government has invested a lot of money in the project. “Clearly this shows that there is nothing going on here. All the billions of shillings that are pumped into Lubowa […]