Parliament has failed to discuss the defence and internal affairs committee report on the national ID project because of quorum.
It has taken the house over two weeks to debate the report that was tabled on July 3 by the committee vice chairman Simon Mulongo.
While the speaker refused to grant the executive the three days that the leader of government business in the house had asked for, the matter has still dragged on for three works. The matter attracted controversy especially when a cabinet meeting resolved that the indicted members be absolved but the ruling party caucus failed to reach the same resolution.
Implicated in the report are; former internal affairs minister Kirunda Kivejinja, former Attorney General Khiddu Makubuya, former ICT state minster and the loser of the Bukoto south by election Alintuma Nsambu and internal affairs ministry permanent secretary Stephen Kagoda.
The four are accused of illegally contracting a German company, Mulhbhauer technology services limited to produce national identity cards without following the proper procurement procedure. The company which was contracted in March 2010 was required to have produced 3.5m Identity cards and the remainder by 2013 when its contract expires but it has only produced 400 ids and issued only 218.
Deputy speaker Jacob Oulanya has had to continuously adjourn the house because there hasn’t been the required number to take decisions in the house.
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