Quick Facts: Jacob Oulanyah Recently, MP Betty Nambooze accused Oulanyah of stoking controversy when he accepted a parliamentary committee report calling on President Museveni to intervene in the wrangles at the Kampala Capital City Authority. It was defeated in parliament. Oulanyah supported a move by the ruling party to have chief whips to pre-determine which MPs could speak on an issue. It was defeated. Oulanyah riled many when the appointments committee meeting he chaired approved State minister for Lands, Aida Nantaba, who had been rejected. He presided over the controversial Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill 2012, with the controversial clause that gave sweeping powers to the minister of energy to issue or revoke exploration licenses. He made the ruling exonerating Bank of Uganda governor, Emanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile of wrongdoing in a case where city businessman and ruling party icon Hassan Basajjabalaba was compensation over Shs160 billion under unclear circumstances.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 16:35:56 +0000
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