NOBODY WAS BRIBED TO SAVE GOVT AGENCIES FROM MERGER-SPEAKER

NATIONAL

The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has dismissed reports that some government entities bribed legislators to reject executive proposal to merge them back into their mother ministries.

For the last two weeks, Parliament has been debating the amendment Bills to rationalize a number of government agencies to contain the growing public expenditure.

However, some media reports have suggested that some of the government agencies like Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) and Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), among others which were spared from rationalization bribed legislators to block their merger.

During her communication at the opening of plenary sitting yesterday, Among accused some media outlets and social media users of spreading hate rumors against the House she presides over through unfounded bribery and corruption allegations.

During the heated debates which saved the listed agencies, legislators instead called for more funding to empower the agencies to carry out their mandates effectively.