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Uganda to host Youth Climate Change Conference – Speaker

The Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has announced that Uganda will host the first ever African Conference of Youth on Climate Change and UN-SDGs to project the voice of the youth on climate change.Addressing the media on Friday, 22nd September 2017, Kadaga said the Conference is slated for 28th September to 1st October 2017 at the Kampala Serena Hotel. The Conference theme is, “The Road to 2030; African Youth Leading Climate Action for Sustainable Development.”She said that the Conference intends to ensure the voice of the youth is heard; and added that it will address environm…

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Envoy seeks MPs’ support for a Mission in Abuja

Uganda’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Nelson Ocheger, has appealed for the support of Parliament to provide funds for the construction of the country’s permanent High Commission in Abuja.Ocheger, who on Wednesday met Opposition MPs at the rented High Commission Building located on Mandara Close, off Mambilla Street in Abuja, said that the government of Nigeria had given land to Uganda for the construction of its mission and the High Commissioner’s residence.The land allocated for the High Commission is located in Central Area, Diplomatic Drive in Abuja, while the High Commissioner’s Resi…

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MPs question heavy security presence at Parliament

Members of Parliament have expressed concern over the heavy deployment of security and restricted access to the precincts of Parliament.The Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Winfred Kiiza, raised the issue ahead of the anticipated tabling on the Floor of a proposal to amend Article 102(b) of the Constitution that seeks to lift the age limit for a president. The Constitution puts the cap at 75 years.Kiiza said that legislators were surprised on arrival to find the Parliament heavily guarded.“The Speaker asked the House and the country to be calm and indeed we left this place yesterday with that sp…

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Kadaga roots for online-based innovations

The Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called upon youth in various institutions to put more focus in developing innovations that are based on online presence.Kadaga made these remarks while launching the 3rd National Inter University Skills Expo, Health Camp and Debate Championship organised by the Uganda Dialogue Arena at Uganda Christian University on Thursday, 21st September 2017.She said that youth need to learn to position themselves strategically for the constantly changing world.“A lot is changing in this society and most establishments conduct their business online; y…

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Legislators fault gov’t over closure of private schools

Members of Parliament have disagreed with the government’s move to close private schools on grounds that they do not meet the set government standards.The Legislators were responding to a report by the Committee on Education whose recommendation supports the Ministry of Education’s decision to close the schools. This was during Plenary on Wednesday, 20th September, 2017.The MPs argued that there was a vacuum left by the government that the private schools were filling up. They argued that there were no government schools in some areas and that children had to walk long distances to get to gove…

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Aswa residents oppose ranch giveaway

Residents of Angagura sub county in Pader district have disagreed with government’s proposal to lease part of Aswa Ranch to a private investor.&n he investor intends to rear cattle for beef for commercial purposes, however the proposed lease is riddled with contentions over ownership. The residents told the Committee on Agriculture, which was in Pader to assess the status of the Ranch that government had ignored local people who can also participate in such projects, which could improve the livelihood of the people in northern Uganda. Honourable Lowila C.D. Oketayot, the Chairperson of t…

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Uganda to host Youth Climate Change Conference – Speaker

22.09.2017

The Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has announced that Uganda will host the first ev

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Envoy seeks MPs’ support for a Mission in Abuja

22.09.2017

Uganda’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Nelson Ocheger, has appealed for the support of Parlia

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MPs question heavy security presence at Parliament

22.09.2017

Members of Parliament have expressed concern over the heavy deployment of security and restricted ac

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Kadaga roots for online-based innovations

21.09.2017

The Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called upon youth in various institutions to

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