Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe, M.P.
Profession: Politician
Speeches 117 #41 of 225·#1 in party
Attendance 7/8 days present (of recorded)
Top topic Parliamentary Procedure 27 speeches
Last spoke 21 May 2026 in Oral question
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53 sittings · counts only, no scoring.
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AI summary AI-assigned tags, 1–3 per speech. Counts only — not a score.
Speech history
117 speeches- 6 March 2025 AI summary Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe addressed the Health allocation, welcoming the Ministry’s work while seeking action on matters raised at the Consultative Committee, including tabling the list of COVID-19 deaths, filling major staffing vacancies at Pottuvil Base Hospital, establishing an ENT unit linked to Palamunai and Akkaraipattu hospitals, and addressing shortages of the medicine “imigran” in the Eastern Province. He also urged recruitment of more than 2,500 unemployed indigenous medicine graduates and raised concerns that Unani practitioners are disadvantaged under current administrative and legal classifications. Referring to the Mass Media sector, he requested restoration of the SLBC Muslim Service Ramadan broadcast from 40 minutes to one hour. Appropriation Bill 2025 - Committee Stage: Ministry of Health and Mass Media Religion & CultureHealthcare Read →
- 5 March 2025 AI summary Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe rejected allegations linking the Muslim community in Kalmunai to extremism, citing local cooperation with police after the Easter attacks as evidence of opposition to terrorism. He urged the Government to develop and open the Oluvil Fishery Harbour and other harbour facilities in Ampara, with coastal protection works to address erosion affecting local residents. He also called for compensation for fishermen affected by recent floods, damaged boats, deaths at sea, and cases involving fishermen who drifted or were detained after leaving from Kappaladi Fishery Harbour. Appropriation Bill, 2025 – Committee Stage Continued: Heads 124, 151, 331 Security & DefenceInfrastructureEmployment Read →
- 4 March 2025 AI summary Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe commended the Ministry’s administration but urged the Government to restore and strengthen the provincial council system by holding long-delayed elections and returning powers needed for local service delivery. He highlighted unresolved administrative, land and boundary issues in the North and East, including Kalmunai North, Koralaipattu, Trincomalee sub-divisional secretariats, and the long-promised Sainthamaruthu local authority, requesting ministerial intervention. He also asked the Ministry to enforce its circular on District Coordinating Committee meetings by limiting meeting duration, regulating attendees accompanying MPs, and preventing disruptions. Appropriation Bill 2025 — Twelfth Allotted Day — Committee Stage Ethnic Reconciliation & DevolutionLand & HousingCorruption & Governance Reform Read →
- 4 March 2025 AI summary Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe stated that Members had appealed to the Speaker to allow discussion on matters concerning Kalmunai, where both Muslim and Tamil communities live. He emphasized the need for Members to speak collectively and work toward a united decision on the issue. Appropriation Bill 2025 — Twelfth Allotted Day — Committee Stage Ethnic Reconciliation & Devolution Read →
- 19 February 2025 AI summary Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe sought to respond to comments by Deputy Minister Wasantha Piyathissa regarding claims that more funds had been allocated to the North than to the East. He indicated that members had raised concerns about regional disparities in allocations, but the excerpt ends before he elaborates further. Debate: Appropriation Bill, 2025 – Second Reading Public Finance Read →
- 19 February 2025 AI summary Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe rose to raise a point of order. No substantive issue, proposal, or argument is recorded in the provided excerpt. Debate: Appropriation Bill, 2025 – Second Reading Parliamentary Procedure Read →
- 18 February 2025 AI summary Hon. M. S. Uthumalebbe urged the leadership of Parliament to ensure justice, fairness, and respect for the dignity of all Members regardless of changes in government or opposition. He argued that unity within Parliament is necessary to promote ethnic unity in the country and called on all sides to work together on matters beneficial to Sri Lanka. Adjourned Debate on Second Reading of the 2025 Budget Ethnic Reconciliation & DevolutionParliamentary Procedure Read →
- 18 February 2025 AI summary Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe welcomed beneficial measures in the Budget and said the Opposition would support positive initiatives while guiding the Government where needed. He urged timely guaranteed prices and irrigation funding for flood-affected farmers in the Eastern Province, especially Ampara, and called for greater education allocations, including development of South Eastern University with proposed Faculties of Medicine and Law. He also stated that the Opposition is ready for elections, called for a new Constitution to address the ethnic question, and raised concern that the Clean Sri Lanka programme has not yet adequately included Tamil or Muslim representation. Adjourned Debate on Second Reading of the 2025 Budget EducationPublic FinanceAgriculture Read →
- 7 February 2025 AI summary Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe said he had warned former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa against the compulsory cremation of Muslim COVID-19 victims and called for a Parliamentary Select Committee to ensure such injustices do not recur. He expressed concern that the requested list of COVID-19 deceased persons whose remains were cremated had not been tabled, unlike other compensation-related lists. He also highlighted the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress’s role in reducing the parliamentary representation threshold to 5 per cent and sought cooperation and respect for Muslim community leaders, while noting a pending court matter over an event in Addalaichenai. Private Members' Motion 6: Select Committee to Investigate COVID-19 Cremation Decisions Justice & Human RightsReligion & CultureParliamentary Procedure Read →
- 7 February 2025 AI summary Hon. M. S. Uthumalebbe supported Hon. Rauff Hakeem’s Private Member’s Motion to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into the compulsory cremation of COVID-19 victims under the Rajapaksa administration. He argued that there was no medical justification for cremating Muslim Janazas, citing WHO guidance that allowed burial or cremation and noting appeals from religious leaders against the policy. He described the decision as a grave injustice to Muslims, thanked opposition figures who opposed it at the time, and alleged that the policy was politically motivated against Muslims. Private Members' Motion 6: Select Committee to Investigate COVID-19 Cremation Decisions Religion & CultureCorruption & Governance ReformJustice & Human Rights Read →
- 21 January 2025 AI summary Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe supported the Clean Sri Lanka programme but urged the Government to apply its principles inclusively, including by appointing Tamil and Muslim representatives to the Presidential implementation team. He raised concerns about alleged discrimination in senior judicial appointments, the absence of a Muslim Cabinet Minister, and requested that details of Muslim COVID-19 victims subjected to forced cremation be tabled in Parliament. He also called for the expedited and proportionate allocation of Saudi-funded houses in Ampara District to tsunami-affected residents, particularly in Akkaraipattu. Adjournment Debate: Clean Sri Lanka Programme Religion & CultureEthnic Reconciliation & DevolutionJustice & Human Rights Read →
- 9 January 2025 AI summary Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe urged the Government to respect the role and rights of Opposition Members, maintain a new political culture, and pursue legal action for past wrongdoing while focusing on public delivery. He called for stronger Export Development Board support, subsidies, marketing assistance, and skills development for Eastern Province sectors including cashew, ornamental fish, handloom, palm handicrafts, fisheries, vegetables, aquaculture, and reclaimed agricultural lands under the Gal Oya scheme. He requested that local government elections and the G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination not be held during Ramadan, citing the religious obligations of Muslim communities and students. He also raised concerns that the Department of Archaeology had appropriated Muslim-owned lands in Kuchchaveli, asking the relevant Ministry to protect antiquities without creating ethnic tensions. Adjournment Debate: Government Performance and Commodity Prices Parliamentary ProcedureAgriculture Read →
- 17 December 2024 AI summary M.S. Uthumalebbe supported the supplementary education allocation for assistance to students from low-income families under the Aswesuma scheme, and requested that rural poor children outside the scheme and orphaned children living with middle-income relatives also be included. He raised concerns that 102 untrained teachers recruited in six subjects had been sent to Kopay for training despite the existence of the Addalaichenai Teachers’ Training College, and asked the Minister to reconsider, noting Kopay lacked an Islam course. He also urged the immediate appointment of 230 needed lecturers to under-staffed Teachers’ Training Colleges to avoid recurring private lecturer costs, and requested expedited action to establish two education zones in Pottuvil, Ampara District. Debate: Supplementary Sum for School Stationery Allowance (Head 102, Programme 01) Cost of LivingEducation Read →
- 3 December 2024 AI summary Hon. M. S. Uthumalebbe urged the Government to move beyond old political traditions and meet the high expectations of voters following the recent election. He objected to remarks made by Hon. Wasantha Piyathissa concerning Hon. Rauff Hakeem, asserting the right of his leader to engage politically in the Eastern Province and citing the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress’s role in keeping Muslim politics within the democratic process. He appealed for clarification and called for setting aside divisive issues in order to support national rebuilding. Debate: President's Policy Statement (Continuation with Maiden Speeches and Responses) Corruption & Governance ReformEthnic Reconciliation & Devolution Read →
- 3 December 2024 AI summary Hon. M. S. Uthumalebbe raised concerns about unpaid arrears of Rs. 13.8 million, stating that this prevented flood-affected people in parts of Ampara District from obtaining dry rations on credit, and requested payment of the arrears and relief for Akkaraipattu, Addalaichenai, Lahugala and Pottuvil. He also discussed national politics, arguing that past leaders failed to resolve the ethnic question despite different mandates, and urged the current Government, which came to power promising change, to act beyond old political divisions and address longstanding issues. Debate: President's Policy Statement (Continuation with Maiden Speeches and Responses) Cost of LivingEthnic Reconciliation & DevolutionCorruption & Governance Reform Read →
- 3 December 2024 AI summary Hon. M. S. Uthumalebbe requested the full 20 minutes allotted to him, stating that he intended to speak about matters concerning his district rather than politics. Debate: President's Policy Statement (Continuation with Maiden Speeches and Responses) Parliamentary Procedure Read →
- 3 December 2024 AI summary Hon. M. S. Uthumalebbe thanked voters and party leaders for his election to Parliament and highlighted the severe impact of recent floods in Ampara District, citing damage to over 46,000 families, homes, roads, bridges and about 85,000 acres of paddy land. He urged the Government to provide greater compensation and relief to affected farmers, noting that previous flood compensation remained unpaid and that Rs. 40,000 per acre was insufficient. He also called for an investigation into the deaths of madrasa students and civilians in a tractor accident during flood evacuations, questioning who authorized unsafe transport through floodwaters. He further demanded urgent infrastructure action, particularly construction of a proper bridge at Mavadippalli, where he said repeated drownings had occurred. Debate: President's Policy Statement (Continuation with Maiden Speeches and Responses) EnvironmentPublic Finance Read →