By Brendah Akankwatsa and Isaac Tayebwa,
MASAKA:
Jailed MPs Mohammed Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana, are today expected to return to the Magistrate Court in Masaka, to know how far investigations into charges they are accused of have reached.
The two MPs were charged with murder, attempted murder and terrorism arising from the panga wielding assailants that terrorised the Greater Masaka Region, last month and killed close to 30 people.
They are also expected to answer to two fresh charges of treason and inciting violence, for which they were re arrested after being granted bail from Kigo prison.
Yesterday, Opposition members of Parliament walked out of the plenary sitting in protest of the two colleagues who were rearrested on fresh charges immediately after their bail.
During plenary, Mpuuga raised a procedural concern questioning whether the Speaker had been notified about the re-arrest of the MPs. He also noted that the MPs had been denied access to their immediate family and that it cannot be business as normal when such violations are going on.
He demanded that the State explains the re-arrest of the MPs urgently since the law is clear on how to treat those that have been indicted.
Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda moved a motion to have the sitting suspended until their colleagues are released. Oulanyah said that such a move would need him to be briefed first so that they plan how to process it.
Ssekikubo Theodore, the Lwemiyaga County MP also weighed in on the matter and demanded that the state explains the re-arrest of the MPs and immediately produces them.
Oulanyah said that the matter is serious since the Head of the Institution of Parliament does not know the circumstances under which the MPs were re-arrested. He noted that the first summons to the MPs went through his office but he is surprised that their re-arrest was not communicated.
He demanded answers for the re-arrest of the MPs and suspended the House to allow the government side to prepare and present a statement.
