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The meeting was held at State Lodge Nakasero, and also attended by the Deputy speaker Hon. Thomas Tayebwa and Commissioners of Parliament.
Museveni told the commissioners that they are trustees, so the country does not belong to them.
“When you have a leadership role, you are a trustee. So, you should know that the country does not belong to Members of Parliament. It belongs to the people and other workers of the country,” he said.
Regarding the issue of increasing salaries for the parliamentary staff, Museveni said they can wait for now. However, it does not mean that they are not thinking about it.
“Also the armed forces, teachers, medical workers are all getting low salaries. So be careful with these budgets. The bases of the state are the armed forces, teachers and health workers. We should always look into their welfare first before others,” he said.
Meanwhile, he thanked the parliament for the good work done so far.
“I want to thank parliament; you have started well. I thank the entire leadership of parliament for the good way you have started and working well as a government; the executive, legislature and judiciary,” he said.
“In the past, people used parliament to set up parallel authorities to fight government programs. I have seen that this parliament is not involved in those mistakes,” he added.
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