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Parliament has demanded a comprehensive statement on the UK sanctions against the speaker and two backbench members.
The Speaker Annet Anita Among together with former Ministers Goretti Kitutu and Agnes Nandutu were on April 30 slapped with sanctions by the UK.
Deputy Foreign Secretary, Andrew Mitchell in a statement said the Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, Bududa Woman MP, Agnes Nandutu, and Manafa Woman MP, Gorreti Kitutu will be subject to travel bans and asset freezes in the UK.
The matter about the sanctions came up on Friday in Parliament in a plenary chaired by, Annet Anita Among.
She on Friday told the Parliament that she was not bothered by the sanctions and that she did not even own a pussy cat in the UK.
She went on to urge the UK to respect other countries’ values and cultures.
While the UK said the sanctions were related to corruption in the Karamoja iron sheet saga, Anita Among insists the sanctions it is because of her role in the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023.
On the iron sheets meant for Karamoja, Among told Parliament that they were dropped at her gate.
She said when she discovered that they were subject to the investigation; she refunded an equal number to the Prime Minister’s Office.