On the Thursday NBS frontline, Ofwono Opondo made it clear that he can’t apologize as he was required by the CDF general Muhoozi Kainerugaba because that legally isn’t provided for.
Opondo said that the demands on him to apologize were ultra vires, meaning that the person who demanded the apology has no authority over him.
Opondo added that such demands should be resisted because his free speech-related rights are well protected under the rules of parliamentary immunity.
He said no MP can legally be punished for what he or she has said on the floor of parliament because there is immunity.
Opondo said all this after fellow frontliner Odonga Otto demanded to know if he was prepared for his basement moment now that the ultimatum days, he was given to apologize had run out.
Opondo said he wasn’t worried because he was sure that legally, there is nothing which the one who asked him to apologize can do to prevent him from defying his order.
Opondo said that people like him inside the NRM caucus are going to remain very outspoken in order to fill the vacuum which has been created as a result of opposition leaders becoming too scared to call out the excesses of some government officials in the military.
He said that the opposition is currently full of cowards who are so timid to the extent that they can’t even criticize a mere Bobi Wine. Give us feedback on this story through our email: kamwokyatimes@gmail.com
