Uganda: Kadaga Orders Kasaija Probe

Kampala — Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has ordered Parliament's Committee on Rules to investigate Finance minister Matia Kasaija over contempt of Parliament in what seems to be an escalating fallout between the ministry and the national assembly.

Ms Kadaga's directive on Thursday came up after Mr Kasaija did not appear before the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and the Committee on Trade, Tourism and Industry as summoned and defiantly told them off that both committees "can't do anything".

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