Members of Parliament are likely to go to go another month without their emoluments (allowances) after Parliament bosses decided to give each receive Shs 29 million as facilitation for consultations on the ‘age limit’ amendment bill.
According to Observer, Parliament’s director of Communications and Public Affairs, Chris Obore says ministry of finance asked Parliament to find the monies from within the already released funds, promising to reimburse.
Some MPs already started consultations
The reallocation was reportedly allowed by Finance minister Matia Kasaija after NRM MPs told President Museveni that they did not have money to facilitate their consultations on the Raphael Magyezi bill. The bill is currently before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee.
Monthly, the legislators get a net salary of Shs 6.1 million plus allowances ranging between Shs 30 million to Shs 40 million, depending on the distance between parliament and their constituencies.
“The implication to us is that if ministry of Finance delays to give us the money, the payment of emoluments of MPs by December will be affected because we have already brought their emoluments forward in order to be able to facilitate an activity”, Obore said.
