Constitutional crisis: Why Uganda’s government, parliament operations may soon grind to a halt

Ugandan Parliament               Photo:Courtesy

These are stupid times, and it is official! Uganda’s Deputy Chief Justice Stephen Kavuma is on collision course with Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga. It all started with leakage of a story that a $2million bonus was shared by 42 public officials who somehow worked with the lawyers who represented Uganda in a legal tax dispute with an oil company.

The lawyers picked $10million and the civil servants who were carrying out their normal duties were given what is now called
the presidential handshake of $2m.