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Makerere University Don Blasts MPs Over Shs10Bn COVID-19 Cash Bonanza

Makerere University Don Blasts MPs Over Shs10Bn COVID-19 Cash Bonanza

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By Keefa Nuwahereza Nbebesa Mwabustya,  a lecturer of Humanities and Social Sciences at Makerere University, has lambasted Members of Parliament,  for pocketing Shs20m COVID-19 money. In a statement he posted on his Facebook page,  Mwambustya stated thus; "So while other citizens are tightening their belts the MPs will be loosening their belts in this era of lockdown!! So they have allocated themselves campaign money from the tax payers fund.  So when mothers are delivering or dying at home for lack of transport MPs will be driving around campaigning in the countryside using public funds!! So when the rest of the citizens are locked down not working MPs are are earning hefty allowances!" He added that "When our health workers are risking their lives without p...
‘If Opposition MPs Don’t Want  COVID-19 Money, Let Them Leave It’- Min. Magyezi

‘If Opposition MPs Don’t Want COVID-19 Money, Let Them Leave It’- Min. Magyezi

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By Keefa Nuwahereza Hon. Raphael Magyezi, who is the Member of Parliament for Igara West County and Minister for Local Government, has encouraged all Members of Parliament to accept money given to them by Parliament to help in combating Coronavirus (COVID-19). Magyezi, who made headlines some time back after fronting the Presidential Age Limit amendment bill,  made the remarks on Thursday, after Opposition politicians like Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, Francis Zaake and others  announced that they had rejected the COVID-19 money. In a statement he posted on social media, Magyezi said thus;"I encourage all NRM MPs not to reject this money, we need to help people with this money. If Opposition MPs don't want to take the money, let them leave it. Actually they should give it to u...