Mityana Municipality legislator, Francis Zaake has denied claims that he insulted Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe. Instead, Zaake accuses Nawangwe for behaving inappropriately towards him.

Zaake told the parliament’s rules, privileges and discipline committee that Nawangwe had called Parliament a toothless dog.

The MP says they exchanged words but it was because Nawangwe had called for it.

“As I told you he said that there is nothing parliament can do, it’s just a toothless dog. For me I questioned him and responded to him that please just work out the governance issues,” Zaake said.

Zaake says he was angered by the manner in which Nawangwe had conducted himself.

At first I thought the person is friendly; he is going to answer my questions, but was just putting a sneer smile and putting false kind of demeaning statements to this parliament.”