Plenary Adjourned to Next Week After Women MPs Attempted to Lynch Mityana MP Hon Zaake for Allegedly Abusing Rakai District Woman MP Hon Kinyamatama.

 

📸: Deputy Speaker Rt Hon Thomas Tayebwa.

Deputy Speaker, Thomas_Tayebwa was forced to temporarily adjourn Parliament for 10minutes after Juliet Kinyamatama  (Rakai DWR) accused Francis Zaake (Mityana Municipality) of making defamatory remarks against her during his recent visit in Rakai district.

📸: Hon Ssemujju Ibrahim.

However, her request to have the video played was challenged by Ibrahim Ssemujju (Kira Municipality) who wondered why remarks Kinyamatama had said couldn't be uttered out of her mouth should be played on national TV.

"I have a problem with matters happening outside Parliament coming here and they become part of parliamentary business. The colleague complaining has said that what was said, she can’t utter it. How on earth can Parliament listen to what she said she can’t utter it?" Ssemujju.

📸: Hon Juliet Kinyamatama, Woman MP Rakai District.

This prompted Deputy Speaker to have the matter referred to Parliament's Rules, Privileges & Discipline for investigation, a decision Kinyamatama protested accusing Parliament of trying to cover up for Zaake's evil behavior on account of being a man.

"Let that video be played, I want the world to see what he said, why are we covering evil? An attack on a woman is an attack on all of us as female MPs, I have been keeping my cool, but I want this house to see what exactly happened. We can’t cover men that don’t respect women. I can’t be called what he called me," Kinyamatama.

This prompted Deputy Speaker to have the matter referred to Parliament's Rules, Privileges & Discipline for investigation, a decision Kinyamatama protested accusing Parliament of trying to cover up for Zaake's evil behavior on account of being a man.

"Let that video be played, I want the world to see what he said, why are we covering evil? An attack on a woman is an attack on all of us as female MPs, I have been keeping my cool, but I want this house to see what exactly happened. We can’t cover men that don’t respect women. I can’t be called what he called me," Kinyamatama.

Upon returning from the adjournment, Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa referred the matter to the Committee of Rules, Privileges & Discipline for investigations. He also ordered for the transmission of the video to Makerere University for translation into the English language because the words uttered in the video were spoken in Luganda.

However, some MPs weren't convinced with halting discussion on the subject and attempts to proceed with normal Parliament business was halted after chaos emerged when MPs attempted to lynch Zaake, prompting the Opposition to shield him from the angry female MPs.

Ibrahim Ssemujju (Kira Municipality) asked Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa 

to also refer Gen.Katumba Wamala to the Rules, Privilege & Discipline Committee foe earlier on boxing Zaake during the 2017 heated debate on age limit bill, saying if Zaake is going to be investigated over the defamatory remarks, the person who had earlier attempted to box him to death should also be investigated.

"If we are dealing with matters of injuring each other, we have a General here who nearly killed Zaake, so as we refer Zaake for whatever he may have said, we need to also refer the one who was killing him and is still seated with us here," Ssemujju.