After the proceedings, the speaker of parliament Alban Bagbin clarified why the legislator was counted as part of the votes.
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I followed the rules, I did nothing unexpected - Alban Bagbin
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin says he followed the rules to pass the controversial revenue bills despite Nanton MP's unfortunate absence from Parliament, I did nothing unexpected.
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin
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”Members who are incapacitated shall upon reporting their incapacity to the Speaker through the Clerk be recorded. We have some of our members that are incapacitated and what I did was to ask the Whips to go and physically see them to assess their incapacitation and whether they are of sound mind.”
“I did not do anything untoward. I only followed the rules.”
lawmaker Mohammed Hardi Tuferu was involved in an accident on Friday while on his way to Parliament to partake in a vote on the financial bills under consideration.
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After voting on the bills, he was rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
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