Dokolo\nWoman MP, Hon. Cecilia Ogwal, has said she was confronted by Security Minister,\nGen. Elly Tumwine, while in the Parliament lobby last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\nsaid Tumwine accosted her following a statement she made in the House that he\nhad pulled a gun on her in the Seventh Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Gen.\nTumwine got out of the House and found me seated by the pigeon-hole lobby with\ncolleagues. He came to me with a lot of anger saying ‘you are a liar! I never\npulled a pistol on you,'” Cecilia Ogwal said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\nmade the revelation while appearing before the Committee on Rules, Privileges\nand Discipline. The committee was tasked by the Speaker to investigate reports\nthat the security minister belittled Parliament and the Speaker; and made\nthreats to the Dokolo Woman MP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cecilia\nOgwal read excerpts from the Hansard of the plenary sitting on Tuesday, 23 July\n2019 in which she explained why she raised the matter against Gen. Tumwine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\nalso told the Committee that the incident of Gen. Tumwine pulling a gun on\nduring the Seventh Parliament followed a heated debate in the House on the\nsubject of indoor spraying of DDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He\nwas promoting the use of DDT but we were opposing it because we wanted to\nprotect organic farming. So when he felt that our arguments were too strong for\nhim, his response was to hold the gun at me,” Cecilia Ogwal said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\nadded that Gen. Tumwine, at the time, ‘physically attacked’ the Deputy Speaker\n(Jacob Oulanyah) when the latter was Chairperson of the Legal and Parliamentary\nAffairs Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cecilia\nOgwal alleged that there was tampering of evidence saying, \u201cGen. Elly Tumwine,\nbeing the minister of security, could have ordered the tampering of the\nevidence as recorded by the CCTV cameras.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nCommittee Chairperson, Hon. Clement Ongalo-Obote said Cecilia Ogwal\u2019s witness\nwould be included in their report to the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bukonjo\nWest MP, Hon. Godfrey Katusabe, also appeared before the Committee and said\nthat Gen. Tumwine made statements that belittled Parliament and the person of the Speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Katusable\nsaid that this followed his meeting with Gen Tumwine when he approached the\nminister following the shoot-to-kill orders to the residents in Kasese district\nwho were rioting over the closure of the Mirama abattoir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The\nsecurity minister told me to tell my people to keep away from a place which is\ntheir daily source of livelihood, or else they would be shot,” Katusabe\nnarrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nadded that on getting a negative response from the minister, he informed him\nthat the matter would be raised on the Floor of Parliament; the Minister then\nretorted by making derogatory statements about Parliament and the Speaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Katusabe\nadded that he was fearing for his life following an incident where a car with\narmed personnel rammed into him. Hon. Wilfred Niwagaba (IND, Ndorwa East)\nadvised Katusabe to raise the security threat on his life in Parliament so that\nit is on record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other\nwitnesses who appeared before the Committee were Amuru Woman MP Hon. Lucy\nAkello and Nwoya Woman MP Hon. Lilly Adong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Committee now waits to interface with Gen. Tumwine before compiling a comprehensive report that is to be presented to Parliament within two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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