Michael Busingye, who refers to himself as a concerned citizen, has added his voice to those opposed to a move to institute another probe into the closure of seven commercial banks by Bank of Uganda.
For most part of last year, the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statuary Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) chaired by Abdu Katuntu investigated the central bank's role into the closure of banks and came up with a number of recommendations.
However after Mubarak Munyagwa took over the chair, there was talk that COSASE is planning to launch another probe specifically focussing on the accountability for Shs 478 billion which Bank of Uganda failed to account for in the first probe that exposed a rot in the bank.
Busingye, in his petition, says that the committee does not have powers to look into the same matter.
“To put this into perspective, Cosase had an over three months interaction regarding the Bank of Uganda matter where at it came up with observations, recommendations and is awaiting treasury memorandum for corrective actions to be taken," he notes.
He adds: "this is to request you to prevail on said committee not to expand state resources (money and time) on re-examination which is outside its mandate."
Another petition on the same matter was presented to the office of the speaker last Friday by Sam Kakuru a student at Uganda Christian University.
