Members of Parliament have started receiving the 10 billion shillings supplementary for COVID-19 intervention despite a court order halting the process.
This comes a day after Civil Court in Kampala halted the Parliamentary Commission from dispensing the UGX. 10b to MPs pending its ruling scheduled for 29.
The temporary injunction was issued by Justice Esta Nambayo on Tuesday.
According to the order issued by civil division high court Judge Ester Nambayo, the said funds should not be released until the April, 29th and that if any MP has already received the money, it should not be used it until then.
Two MPs including Ntungamo Municipality MP Gerald Karuhanga and Erute North MP Jonathan Odur on Monday 19 petitioned the Civil Division of the High Court seeking to block UGX 10bn allocated to MPs
However, speaker Kadaga says the court order came in after Parliament had already disbursed the money and indeed several MPs have today acknowledged receipt of this money.
Meanwhile, the Clerk to Parliament Jane Kibirige has since guided MPs who would wish to return the money not to bring cash but rather deposit it in the account of the parliamentary commission in the Bank of Uganda.
MP Nandala Mafabi of Budadiri West has sent the money to his village health centre IV with an additional Shs10M making it Shs30M.
