The High Court in Kampala, has stayed a main case in which two Members of Parliament (MPs) challenged the disbursement of Shs10 billion Covid-19 money to the law makers, until a similar case in Constitutional Court is determined.
The presiding judge, Mr Micheal Elubu, on Tuesday held that since there is a similar matter before the Constitutional Court, it is prudent that the matter before him that was filed by MPs Gerald Karuhanga (Ntungambo Municipality) and Jonathan Odur (Erute South) be stayed, pending the outcome of the Constitutional Court case.
The judge agreed with the submissions of the Attorney General, a respondent in both cases that since there was an overlap of issues in both cases, and it was prudent that the case in the High Court be stayed pending the determination of the constitutional petition.
It was also agreed that both cases had pleaded that the guidelines issued by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, directing MPs to disburse the Shs20 million that was wired to their individual bank accounts at their discretion to district local governments, to help in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, was illegal.
The staying of the main matter before the High Court, comes e barely two months after the same court ordered all MPs who received the Shs20 million Covid-19 cash to return it.
