African Leaders meet in Uganda to Push Back Against Foreign Influence on Family
Top political leaders, parliamentarians and faith-based actors from across Africa and beyond have this week convened at State House, Entebbe for the Third African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family and Sovereignty, issuing a strong call for…
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PAC Queries Shs5 Billion NAM Funds
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC - Central Government) has directed the Office of the President to provide a detailed breakdown of Shs5 billion spent on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit.
The directive was issued during a session…
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Focus on research, Tayebwa challenges university lecturers
Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has challenged private university lecturers to focus on ground breaking research, if they are to uphold the quality of university education.
Tayebwa was speaking while officiating at the 5th graduation…
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Tayebwa rallies support for new malaria vaccine
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has called on leaders to embrace and support the use of the new malaria vaccine aimed at eliminating Uganda’s leading cause of death and disease burden.
The malaria vaccine launched in April…
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World Press Freedom Day marked with calls for unity and media safety
Government officials, civil society leaders, and journalists gathered on Friday at Parliament to mark World Press Freedom Day, with a unified call for stronger protections for the media.
This year’s global theme, “Freedom of…
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‘Gov’t will follow law on expansion of Gulu University’
The Minister of State for Water and Environment (Environment), Hon. Beatrice Anywar has said that the degazettement of Gulu central forest reserve to allow for the expansion of Gulu University will be done in accordance with the National Forestry…
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Clean up payroll of police officers, MPs tell minister
Lawmakers have tasked the Ministry of Public Service to clean up the payroll of police officers in a bid to put an end to complaints of unpaid salaries of officers.
The Members of Parliament made the demands while responding to a statement…
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Speaker Among, Malawian delegation discuss regional cooperation
A visiting delegation from the Government of Malawi has paid a courtesy call on the Speaker Anita Among discussing strategies to enhance service delivery among African countries.
The delegation led by the Malawi Minister of Justice, Hon.…
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