The First Deputy Prime Minister, Rebecca Kadaga, tweeted Tuesday asking Pastor Robert Kayanja to apologise to Ugandans.
The Minister for East African Community Affairs accused the Miracle Centre Cathedral lead pastor of allegedly distorting the legacy of the 10th Parliament.
The 10th parliament was chaired by Kadaga herself before she was replaced by the late Speaker Rt Hon Jacob Oulanyah.
The issue started with the state-run New Vision quoting Pastor Kayanja who blamed Parliament failing to use their powers to curb the increasing prices of commodities.
“The 10th Parliament let us down as a country. There was a chance for them to work hard and appropriate money to construct the country’s oil refinery, but they did not,” Pastor Kayanja said during Easter celebrations service at Miracle Centre Cathedral Rubaga on Monday.
Kayanja was further quoted by New Vision saying if the 10th Parliament had appropriated money to put up an oil refinery, the country would today be exporting oil instead of citizens buying fuel expensively.
“Pastor Kayanja, you owe an apology to the people of Uganda and the 10th Parliament whose legacy you are distorting,” Kadaga said in a tweet on her official Twitter handle.
She said no budget for a refinery was presented or rejected by the Parliament.
“No Budget for a refinery was presented or rejected. Please substantiate; which meeting, which sitting and which session this happened,” she demanded.
In his Easter message, President Museveni said he would meet the NRM parliamentary caucus this week to discuss the issue of increasing prices.