Civil Society Organizations (CSO) have expressed displeasure over parliament’s failure to debate and moot measures to tackle corruption tendencies in the country.

In Uganda, CSOs say they are dismayed that parliament Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa turned a deaf ear to calls for a debate on corruption as the House returned from a month-long-recess on Tuesday, before it was unprecedentedly suspended until July 30.

“This shows that parliament is also part and parcel in promoting corruption in this country. And one of the ways of doing this is that Parliament has promoted budgeting for corruption,” Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) Executive Director Julius Mukunda said.

He added: “Whereas we know that certain expenditures in government are not productive but are likely to end up in private pockets, Parliament has continued to appropriate those kinds of resources.”

Parliament’s resumption on Tuesday had coincided with March to Parliament anti-graft protests that have led to arrests of more than 100 demonstrators currently facing prosecution over being “public nuisance.”

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