Speaker Among Rejects Salary Inquiry by Equal Opportunities Commission and Public Service

Speaker, AG block access to MPs’ salary information

The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, and Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka have instructed the Clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige, to withhold documents related to Members of Parliament's salaries from the Ministry of Public Service and theEqual Opportunities Commission. This directive follows recent requests from both entities to the Clerk for detailed salary information of individual

Speaker Among Rejects Salary Inquiry by Equal Opportunities Commission and Public Service

Summary: Speaker Among further stated that the EOC’s mandate does not extend to scrutinizing MPs’ and parliamentary staff salaries. KAMPALA: The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Anita Annet Among, has declined requests by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) and the Public Service Ministry to submit a report detailing the salaries of Members of Parliament (MPs) … The post Speaker Among Rejects Salary Inquiry by Equal Opportunities Commission …

Speaker Among: Parliament Won’t Give Details To Public Service, Equal Opportunities Commission On How Much MPs, Staff Earn » Business Focus

The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Anita Among (pictured) has rejected requests by both the Equal Opportunities Commission & Public Service to handover details regarding how much MPs and staff of Parliament are paid. Among argues that Parliament is an independent body, and asked the Attorney General to remind these agencies that the people on Parliament’s payroll aren’t civil servants. “I also got information from my Clerk (Adolf Mwesige) where…