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Members of Parliament have raised concern over delays in constituting parliamentary commission committees, warning that the slow process is affecting the House’s ability to effectively perform its oversight role.
The MPs say the delay in appointing committee leadership and members has created a gap at a time when Parliament is expected to scrutinise government programmes and monitor the implementation of the national budget. They argue that sectoral committees are critical in examining the work of ministries, departments and agencies.
Kyaddondo East MP Muwada Nkunyingi, Buvuma MP Robert Migadde and Mukono North MP Abdallah Kiwanuka are among the legislators who have called on party whips to urgently complete the process of selecting committee leaders and members.
They noted that several urgent national matters require committee attention, including concerns affecting arts teachers, poor road infrastructure and rising political tensions in some constituencies.
Parliamentary committees play a major role in Uganda’s legislative process, handling detailed scrutiny of bills, budgets, investigations and oversight before matters are brought to the floor of Parliament. Sectoral committees are constituted at the beginning of each new session and are made up of members appointed through party whips and approved by the House.
The delay has also revived earlier concerns about vacant committee leadership positions, with some MPs previously warning that the absence of fully constituted committees was affecting parliamentary operations. Some committees, including Agriculture, Education and Sports, Health, ICT, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, and Tourism, Trade and Industry, had faced leadership gaps.
The legislators are now urging Parliament leadership and political party whips to speed up the process so that committees can resume full operations and continue holding government accountable.
Source: Nile post UG , Images by Parliament of UG
