The regional plenary sitting in Gulu city has kicked off with a large section of opposition members of Parliament boycotting the event.
The plenary kicked off at 10 am with the proclamation of the speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among at Kaunda Playgrounds in Gulu City.
The majority of the seats provided for the opposition members of Parliament at the start of the plenary remained vacant.
National Unity Platform with the majority opposition seat in Parliament had only three members in the house.
Early this month, Ssenyonyi while addressing the press criticized the regional plenary sittings describing it as a wastage of public resources urging opposition legislators to boycott the event.
In her communication to the house, the speaker reiterated that the boycotters of the plenary were misinforming the country arguing that the regional sitting of Parliament is budget neutral.
She explained that the Parliament is not incurring any additional costs to the sitting adding that the move was a strategic decision taken to upgrade the always budgeted for parliamentary outreaches into a fully-fledged House sitting.
According to the Speaker, the Parliament is an arm of the government that can convene anywhere in the country with the proclamation of the speaker.
