Uganda: MPs Grill Gen Jeje Odongo Over Passport Shortfall

Parliament — If harsh words were strokes of a cane to be counted, then Gen Jeje Odongo, the Minister of Internal Affairs lost his count after he failed to convince legislators about the shortfall in ordinary passports.

The minister appeared before Parliament on Wednesday to explain the circumstances under which the passports used by majority Ugandans leaving the country, have been placed under restrictive issuance due to a sharp decline.

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