Controversial State Minister for Privatization and Investment, Evelyn Anite has asked Parliament to procure breathalyzers to check on the number of MPs who debate under the influence of alcohol.
Anite made the remarks on Friday while responding to remarks by Aruu County MP, Odonga Otto, who accused Anite of leaking the list of NRM MPs supporting the removal of Presidential Age Limit, which saw rowdy voters beat up a woman down town Kampala after they mistook her for Rakai Woman MP, Juliet Kinyamatama.
Consequently, Otto asked Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah to refer to the Minister to the Disciplinary Committee.
“I was going to ask the Speaker that we should get an alcohol mouth tester to taste the quantity of booze on their mouths. Debating when you are drunk isn’t allowed. Drunk driving isn’t allowed. Drunk debating isn’t sober way of debating in the August House. We will test their mouths,” Anite said.
Anite said that it wasn’t her but Otto that needed to be thrown out of Parliament.
“He doesn’t deserve the title to be called Honourable; a man that removes out a gun that is meant to protect himself and points it out to shoot at the civilian who is defenseless. No one raised the issue in this House,” she added.
The Koboko Municipality MP warned Otto to go slow about her, saying: “Now he has actually reminded us that we must dismiss him out of the House with disgrace for pulling a gun against a civilian.”
