LIVE UPDATES DAY 2: Oil Debate in Parliament
By Sheila Naturinda & Monitor Online Reporters (email the author)
Posted Tuesday, October 11 2011 at 01:40
Posted Tuesday, October 11 2011 at 01:40
• Wadri Kassiano takes to the floor that he has been in the House for 11 years and in all the 3 Parliaments, I pay salutation to the Ninth parliament for their good start.
• Wadri says when he saw the list for signatures for this noble cause, he knew the Parliament was moving the best direction. He says when a person is born in the community, the whole community gets involved at the initiation stages and in a similar way when we wake up one day and found we had oil, we humbled ourselves that we had reached the other stage and waited to partake and get information on what is happening to the oil.
12:31pm:- Stephen Kagwera takes to the floor and salutes Hon Onek because he has moved the right way contrary to the way Kutesa moved. Kagwera says Kutesa should have said he doesn’t own the account as alleged but he didn’t.
• Kagwera says its unfortunate that a few individuals have decided to take oil as if its their personal. He says research has been done and what needs to be done now is to move forward.
• Kagwera says he is worried that some MPs may develop syndromes where hostages are taken by their captures. As we talk now some members are calculating numbers but Mps should move as one- not to abuse the trust Ugandans have put in us.
12:26pm:- Onek says MPs should follow sequence of events so that they don’t miss the events. He says he had many troubles with technical people in Energy ministry over oil agreements. He explains that when he asked cabinet to allow ENI, he was accussed to taking bribes and all those allegations appear in wikileaks. Onek says he has been on record saying that these companies tried not to pay tax but he insisted.
• Onek says he signed an MoU that Ugandan shouldn’t be taken to London for arbitration- how things changed when he left the ministry is what he had failed to understand.
• Onek says he is thoroughly hurt by the lies and if true, then he deserves all the punishment in this world. There is nothing being a minister to fight for. He says he will table documents that Uganda shouldn’t go to court which was later changed.
12:22pm:- Speaker introduces district counselors from Igara West in the gallery.
• Hillary Onek takes to the floor that he had taken days to rest and he heard from Lamwo about misinformation and lies about him. He says he strongly support the investigation because it will clear the air on what has happened. He says that is what he will consult with the appointing authority (Museveni) before he steps aside.
• Onek asks the MPs to be cool headed and says the allegations about him were brought last year August- he says someone called him about the bank transactions and he says he doesn’t have an account in Dubai because all his accounts are in Uganda. He says all his business’ are in the country.
• Onek asks the MPs to be cool headed and says the allegations about him were brought last year August- he says someone called him about the bank transactions and he says he doesn’t have an account in Dubai because all his accounts are in Uganda. He says all his business’ are in the country.
• Hussein Kyanjo stands on point of procedure saying Onek looks like he is defending himself yet the rules provide that a member can only write an explanation.
• Speaker rules that its important that parliament takes Onek’s side of the story before continuing with the debate.
• Onek says he will write a personal document but now must table some documents on the table- he went to police August 16, 2010 made a statement and directed the director of CID and find out who is trying to blackmail me, and find out if that account really exists .
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