In what seems to be a chase of a wild goose, Fox Odoi, the chairman of the Rules, Discipline and Privileges committee was given ten more days to conclude the investigations into the misconduct of hundreds of lawmakers during the November 27 deliberation on the Petroleum bill.
The investigations have been described by lawmakers as a "waste of taxpayers' money", with some calling on the Speaker, who ordered for the probe, to simply leave it and consider giving amnesty to the 239 lawmakers. The argument of lawmakers like Dr Francis Epetait (Ngorwa county) is that if the Odoi committee was to recommend the punishment for the misconduct of these lawmakers, then the speaker Rebecca Kadaga would be left with no quorum to conduct business. Parliament has 375 MPs.
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