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During the recess, members are to mobilise the citizens on agriculture especially production of food items to liberate the country from the culture of importing food.
The Speaker James Wani Igga urged the legislators to maintain punctuality at the next session so as to effectively kick off with the usual business.
He urged the MPs to concentrate in encouraging the citizens concentrate on policies that diversify the private sector.
Igga said that the citizens need to be sensitised on how to participate in fighting and preventing corruption in the country which hinders development.
“There is need to sensitize the public on how to prevent and fight corruption,” he said.
Igga also advised that members of parliament to use the recess to campaign and educate the populace on how to fasten the small medium enterprise to boost the private sector in the country.
The 266 members of parliament with the 66 nominated are heading to their respective areas to sensitise the citizens.
Mary Kiden Kimbo, a legislator from Kajo-Keji County raised concerns over the state of roads in her county something she said will be a hindrance to her efforts to reach her constituents during the recess.
She said the heavy rains have led to the dilapidation of the roads leading to her constituency.
She added that nepotism and favouritism are part of the corruption which the country must work hard to uproot from the grassroots.
During an interview with Gurtong, the Chairperson of the Committee for Information, Telecommunication and Culture Joy Kwaje said that parliament has passed 11 laws before breaking for recess.
“Right from 11 June 2012, the parliament has had 18 sittings and passed 11 laws with 45 resolutions,” she said.
The laws include the Appropriation Act, Taxation Amendment Act, the Refugee Act, Geneva Convention Act, Legal Training Institute Act, National Communication Act, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act, Banking Act, Foreign Exchange Business Act, Peace and Reconciliation Commission Act and General Education Act.
There are however eight bills before parliament some of which are in second and first reading.
The committees are currently scrutinizing them since the chairs of these committees are not going for recess.
A number of commissions have been vetted with the last being the elections commission during the second parliamentary session.
Kwaje also told the press that members of parliament were also engaged in national and international conferences so as to equip them with knowledge.
She added that the assembly is not only performing the legislation work but also linking the new country to the rest of the world.
Despite these, Kwanje cited a few challenges the parliament encountered in the second secession with the first being coping up with the austerity measures.
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