Some Members of Parliament have started returning the 20M that was sent to their accounts by Parliament with the aim of helping them fight Covid-19 in their constituencies.  These include; Masaka Municipality Member of Parliament (MP) Mathias Mpuga and Bobi Wine (Kyadondo East)

Bobi Wine shared on his social media that he has returned the money, “This morning, I effected the transfer of 20,000,000/= (Uganda Shillings Twenty Million) back to the consolidated fund.  Once again, let me reiterate that I returned this money because I believed then as I do now that it was wrongly appropriated. Members of Parliament should never sit and decide to apportion themselves tax payers money in this manner. Moreover in such a time when ordinary citizens are going through so much suffering. Moreover, the Museveni regime banned Members of Parliament and other leaders from donating food relief to their constituents. This is why Hon. Zaake is under illegal detention! It then beats logic to say that this money was distributed so that MPs help their people,” reads a post on his wall.

Mpuga also says he has sent the money back, “I do not want handle money that has no framework to account for.”

The allocation of this money (shs 10bn) has raised uproar with many Ugandans branding the MPs as being greedy.

On Wednesday, the Clerk to Parliament, Jane Kibirige said in a statement had been sent to MPs on Friday.

Kibirige asked MPs who wished to send back the money to do so through the bank.