{"id":16405,"date":"2021-08-25T14:54:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T14:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=16405"},"modified":"2021-08-25T13:21:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T13:21:15","slug":"oulanyah-to-mps-era-of-gambling-on-floor-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/oulanyah-to-mps-era-of-gambling-on-floor-is-over","title":{"rendered":"Oulanyah to MPs: Era of gambling on floor is over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah yesterday returned to chair the plenary with a stern warning to lawmakers to stop gambling on the floor of the House.<\/p>\n<p>In his communication, Mr Oulanyah vowed to ignore impulsive lawmakers playing to the gallery and not adding value to the debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will not speak if you have not done research; it must be evidence. The era of gambling with speeches is over\u2026,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s do research; the era of throwing figures and statistics whose sources are not know is over\u2026 we want when people read the Hansard\u2026.it is read as a document that can be quoted by researchers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Oulanyah urged MPs to work for the good of the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cLet\u2019s work, the society is watching and watching keenly what we are going to do. They are waiting\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was in line with his first message that he issued to the lawmakers in his acceptance speech delivered more than two months ago after his election at Kololo Independence Grounds.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Oulanyah promised to lead a pro-people parliament and asked lawmakers to highlight peoples issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat should we do? I propose that we have that debate. We agreed at the beginning that this is going to be a different parliament and one that focuses on the things that affect the people and not what affects us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>His directive was welcomed by the lawmakers, including Government Chief Whip Thomas Tayebwa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we have welcomed Rt Hon Oulanyah to his maiden parliamentary sitting. He has promised a general debate for two weeks on the Uganda we want, how we want to see it from a parliamentary perspective. MPs will be required to do extensive research and make well thought out submissions,\u201d Mr Tayebwa said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will speak to members on the matters the Speaker has raised and see how to plug the gaps,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><b>[email protected]<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah yesterday returned to chair the plenary with a stern warning to lawmakers to stop gambling on the floor of the House. 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