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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has revealed that discussions between the Opposition and government are underway to end the impasse in Parliament, and have the latter return to the House.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Opposition legislators vowed not to return to Parliament citing the government\u2019s alleged indifference to the multiple human rights violations meted out against their supporters and other Ugandans including extrajudicial killings and unilateral arrests.<\/p>\n

Mr Tayebwa said the absence of the Opposition affects the operations of the House.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are incomplete when we aren\u2019t all here, business can go on but I still register my discomfort with that, I would like to see our colleagues rejoin us so that we can have a dialogue on very critical issues that affect the nation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cAll efforts are being employed and all attention is being given to ensure that we resolve the impasse that is between the two sides in the House. I have held several meetings with leaders on both sides. The progress should I say for now, some people look at it as slow, others feel we haven\u2019t reached satisfactory progress, but we are facilitating dialogue between the two sides so that our colleagues can come back to the House.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Mathias Mpuuga, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament, yesterday confirmed that he had met with Mr Tayebwa for a debrief on the progress made with the government side.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am yet to receive an invitation to listen to the government\u2019s proposed approach to resolve the impasse. I\u2019ll debrief the joint Opposition Caucus tomorrow. The Opposition laid down the conditions for return and we have not changed a letter,\u201d Mr Mpuuga said.<\/p>\n

On October 17, Mr Mpuuga led the Opposition to boycott, demanding full accountability for the November 2020 killings where 54 people lost their lives.<\/p>\n

They have also called for accountability of all Muslims indiscriminately arrested, the 18 Ugandans confirmed missing by the Uganda Human Rights Commission, and accountability for all political prisoners in jail without trial.<\/p>\n

The Leader of Opposition, however, rubbished the argument that a boycott is not an effective tool for solving the matter in addition to denying constituents services as \u201chollow and informed by ignorance of government procedures\u201d .<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing, not any government service compares with the right to life, we shall pursue representation from first principles,\u201d he added<\/p>\n

Ponzi schemes<\/b><\/p>\n

Mr Tayebwa also tasked the Minister of Finance to guide Ugandans on how to avoid being cheated out of their money in ponzi schemes. This follows reports that managers of Capital Chicken scammed and disappeared with more than Shs1.5b from Ugandans.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is this one called Capital Chicken where people have lost over Shs2b. They are going on blatantly without any control. I want to refer this petition to you (Minister of Finance) so that you can guide the nation on how we can avoid these ponzi schemes. People can\u2019t come and collect Shs2b and then disappear from nowhere as if we don\u2019t have mechanisms of tracing them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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