Drama ensured before the COSASE committee as Rubaga
north member of parliament Moses kasibante accused the current leadership
headed by Bugweri county mp Abdul katuntu of plotting his leadership
to stay beyond required time in office.
Kasibante told today’s committee sitting in presence of bank of
Uganda officials that katuntu and his deputy went to the speaker of
parliament and asked for the committees’ extension while knowing its leadership
was changed.
Kasibante noted that though katuntu leadership is denying the
plea for extension of their stay as leaders of this committee to the speaker
but the speaker indicated it’s the katuntu group that asked for this .
However, katuntu
admitted meeting the speaker to brief her on the progress of the bank of Uganda
probe on the closure of seven banks and told her that her that the committee
would not complete the investigations before his leadership term of office
expires on 13th this month.
COSASE chairman Abdu Katuntu and his deputy Anita Among were
required to hand over office to Kawempe MP Mubarak Munyagwa and
Rubaga North’s Moses Kasibante on January 13 but the speaker extended the
committee life to 20 the February to allow the completion of the
probe, a thing that has annoyed the Leader of the Opposition.
Katuntu also quotes section 157(8) of the rules
of procedure, which state that members are designated by their party whips and
announced in parliament by the speaker before taking up the positions.
He further asserts that the speaker has not
made any announcement. And reveals that he is not dying to be chairperson and
will hand over according to the procedure of parliament.
COSASE is currently investigating the closure
of various commercial banks in the country among them being, Tefe, Green land
bank, Cooperative bank, Uganda commercial bank, Crane bank and others by the
central bank.
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