West Nile MPs
A section of MPs from the West Nile region have backed State Minister for Investment and Privatisation, Evelyn Anite’s stance on Uganda Telecom saga, revealing that they will resign their positions in the 10th Parliament and secede from Uganda if the mafias kill their colleague.
This follows Anite’s startling allegation on Monday that there’s a clique in the government that wants to kill her.
“They have held meetings in various places in Kampala. They have recruited people to trail me. They have got printouts of my telephone conversations. When I die, there should be no postmortem,” she said.
Addressing journalists at Parliament today, the MPs from the 11 districts that make up the West Nile region led by Lawrence Songa (Ora County) and accompanied by Rose Ayaka (Maracha Woman MP), Denis Lee Oguzu (Maracha East), Alioni Yorke Odria (Aringa South) and Jane Avur Pacuto (Pakwach Woman) among others laid a number of demands they want government to address, saying the region is still haunted by the death of former Arua Municipality MP, Ibrahim Abiriga who was gunned down last year.
The MPs’ joint statement was read by Songa.
“As MPs for West Nile region, we demand an explanation from Government on the threats on Anite’s life. Government pronounces itself on Anite’s security and the anxious people of West Nile of her safety. Government formally communicates to the country on the state of affairs at UTL and status of UTL assets,” Songa said.
The lawmakers also want Government to guarantee that no Ugandan irrespective of their tribe and affiliation should be vindicated while performing their duties including demanding accountability.
They also called on the Ministry of ICT, Uganda Communications Commission and Police to investigate and come with a report on allegations of Anite’s phone tapping, poisoning threats and trailing.
The lawmakers said that they are eagerly waiting for Government’s lasting solution to the UTL saga, with calls to have the matter settled to ensure all Ugandans live in harmony.
Alioni said that they are in possession of information and data which proves that there is corruption taking place at UTL and called on Ugandans to credit Anite instead of mocking her efforts to fight corruption.
“Anite deserves credit however much she is in the system, she always stands out what is right. She doesn’t protect the wrong things. So her coming out to pronounce herself on issues going wrong at UTL doesn’t call for threats to her life. This time anything to happen to Anite, we shall all resign from this Parliament go back to West Nile, pick our people, leave this country and see how we shall live in this country,” he said.
Other MPs described Anite as a mother to many people in West Nile and that she is doing good for West Nile, while others called on Ugandans not to mix Anite’s remarks over having support of the army with accountability issues.
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