Family Members of Kawempe North legislator Muhammad Ssegirinya have given parliament an ultimatum of one week to provide Shs80 million for the MP’s medical bills or else they will make a public fundraising.
Ssegirinya was taken abroad for medication after his situation worsened beyond management in Uganda.
Addressing journalists in Kawempe, Ssegirinya’s personal assistant, Alex Luwemba revealed that every day, bills accumulate, adding that they have resorted to giving away his property to money lenders in a bid to raise medical bills.
Luwemba says it is hurting for parliament to turn a deaf ear to Ssegirinya’s sorry state yet it has been approving medical bills to other Members of Parliament who go abroad for medication.
They have vowed to write to the Inspector General of Police IGP Martine Okoth Ochola, seeking permission to rally for support from the general public once the one-week ultimatum given to parliament elapses.
