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Parliament on Tuesday afternoon, adopted a report by the rules committee, pardoning Bukoto South Member of Parliament, Twaha Kagabo regarding his 40 million Shillings bribery allegations against the Speaker.
The report comes a few weeks after MP Kagabo took to the floor of parliament and apologized to fellow legislators for "causing an impasse" in regard to the 40 million Shillings that he recently attempted to return to Parliament.
Kagabo’s move followed a directive made on 9th August 2022 by Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among for the House Rules, Privileges, and Discipline Committee to probe him regarding claims that she gave him 40 million Shillings. Among said that she didn’t know Kagabo's intention and described his action as an abuse of the institution of Parliament.
The Speaker’s directive came after Kagabo addressed the Shadow Cabinet led by the Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga, seeking to return the money that had been highly criticized by the public and his party, the National Unity Platform - NUP.
The Inspectorate then said, it would prefer charges against the legislator once their investigations are completed. Now, in the rules committee report presented by the Vice Chairperson Fr. Charles Onen, MPs confirmed that Kagabo was in breach of the code of a member of Parliament since he falsely accused the Speaker as per his testimony to the committee.