Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu alias Bobi Wine has said he won’t take the 20M shillings parliament intends to send to the accounts of every MP to help in the fight against COVID-19 (coronavirus).

Earlier this week, news emerged that Parliament had allocated itself with shs 10bn to the aforementioned cause. Speaker of Parliament said the money would be used by each MP to sensitize constituents about the deadly bug.

Bobi says the allocation of this money is shameful and insensitive to the plight of Ugandans who are facing challenges that range from hunger, sickness and death.

“Ugandans are bearing the brunt of this predicament. There have been reports of numerous people failing to access health centres due to limited transport means, and as a result, some have succumbed to various ailments. A huge number of people across the country are in dire need of food, healthcare and other essential amenities. The government has not done much to help them,” Kyagulanyi said.

“Our view, however, is that Ugandans should be angrier at the manner by which they are governed – the 20 million shillings is a symptom of a bigger crisis which we are fighting to resolve.”

“The cardinal roles of an MP include legislation, representation, budget allocation and government oversight and none of these roles requires them to be an extension of the executive to be accorded a separate budget in order to extend services to the people.”

He relayed how he hasn’t received the money and if it comes he will return.

“Should it be deposited on my account, I will immediately order my bank to return it to the Consolidated Fund and demand that it is put to its proper purpose. We must learn to empower institutions and not seek to enrich individuals,” Kyagulanyi said.