By Joseph Eigu Onyango
7/8/2013
Soroti District Woman MP, Hon. Angeline Osege has been suspended from parliament.
This follows her open protest on the passing of The
Public Order Management bill by parliament yesterday.
In the same sitting, Deputy Speaker of Parliament
Jacob Oulanyah moved under rule 80 of naming and suspending a Member of
Parliament and suspended Soroti Woman MP Angeline Osege from three sittings of
the house.
She is
also barred from accessing parliamentary grounds and committee sittings of the
house.
Uganda’s Parliament yesterday passed the Public Order Management Bill
2011 with the contentious clause 8 that indicates whoever wishes to hold a
public rally or gathering in public premises must first seek police permission.
Several opposition politicians and Civil
Society Organizations (CSOs) had urged parliament not to pass the bill in its
current form.
Opposition MPs attempted to challenge the
passing of the bill by indicating how the house had two order papers to choose
from.
One of the order papers members did not
indicate that the Public Order Management Bill would be discussed.
