Parliament rejects Ministry of Energy Shs106b supplementary budget

Members of Parliament have rejected a proposal by Ministry of Energy officials to approve a Shs106b supplementary budget to pay companies generating thermal power. COURTESY PHOTO

What you need to know:

  • About Shs45b of the said money has already been spent by the said officials and they went to Parliament to seek approval retrospectively.
  • But MPs doubted the officials’ explanations and rejected the supplementary request approval.

Members of Parliament yesterday rejected a proposal by Ministry of Energy officials to approve a Shs106b supplementary budget to pay companies generating thermal power.
About Shs45b of the said money has already been spent by the said officials and they went to Parliament to seek approval retrospectively.
But MPs doubted the officials’ explanations and rejected the supplementary request approval.

The Energy Ministry officials were led by State Minister for Energy Sion D'ujanga. MPs,however, declined.
“The whole thing is messy,” Butambala MP Muwanga Kivumbi said.

Earlier, deputy speaker Jacob Oulanya queried why government was seeking many supplementary budgets to fund other needs of the country and not one that would help the people of northern Uganda who are suffering from nodding disease.
“I thought we are generating enough power ourselves to meet our electricity demands,” Mr Oulanya said.
“Supplementary for this, supplementary for that but no supplementary to help the people of northern Uganda,” Mr Oulanya told NTV.
The officials were sent back and directed to return with clearer explanations.
The MPs agreed to approve only Shs10billion.