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Parliament new Shs180b chambers construction kicks off

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Movements around Parliament have been curtailed, following the kickoff of construction of new chambers.

Staff and guests using the gate at North Wing were this morning treated to a new entry point after all cars were barred from the parking yard to pave way for the works.

At a Shs180b contract price, Roko Construction Ltd. is executing the works that will see the crowded current chambers expanded to accommodate the pregnant Parliament.

However, the procurement of the new chambers has been bogged by numerous petitions to among other oversight agencies, the Inspector General of Government and the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Authority (PPDA).

The other bidders that competed with Roko include CRJE (East Africa) Ltd, China Civil Engineering Construction Company, China Complete Plant Import and Export and Seyani Brothers & Co.

But there has been bickering amongst these firms, protesting the manner in which the procurement process was conducted.

The old chambers were built by the British colonial government and it was meant to cater for only 80MPs, but the numbers have since shot to 427MPs.

In fact, the matter of space has been top of priority for Parliament, with many of its own members decrying the shortage of space.

Last week, Budadiri East MP Vincent Woboya blamed the shortage of space on President Museveni, whom he accused of wrecking ‘more havoc’ on the already crowded chambers, by what he called ‘appointing a beehive of Ministers, to crowd the front bench’.

“The people who designed this House knew that the front bench shouldn’t over flow. The President must also be advised that the front bench shouldn’t over floor. The reason we are having everybody everywhere, it is because of those problems, even to the extent of getting a UPC (Betty Amongi-Minister of Lands) to come and sit here,” Woboya said.

 

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