Uganda, March 28 -- The State Minister for Finance, Mr Henry Musasizi on March 28 offered to apologize on behalf of the ministry's Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury (PSST), Mr Ramathan Ggoobi who allegedly undermined the institution of Parliament by saying the institution has no roles in the budget appropriation process.

During the March 28 plenary sitting in which the government tabled a Shs58 trillion budget for the next financial year, Mr Nathan Byanyima, Bukanga North County legislator questioned the excessive powers of Mr Ggoobi, to the level of disregarding the whole institution of parliament in the budget process.

"When a whole PSST goes to a committee of parliament and says we have no role in appropriation, I don...