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Finance Ministry makes concessions on budget

The Ministry of Finance has made key concessions to Parliament’s budget demands, marking a shift in tone after last year’s heated disagreements between lawmakers and the Executive over funding priorities.The ministry accommodated Shs3.98 trillion in response to Parliament’s recommendations to the…

‘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 and Tree Planting Act, 2003.  “We follow procedures…

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 of the Minister of Defence and Internal Affairs, Gen.…

Government to reduce missions abroad to 15 - Minister Mulimba

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Regional Affairs), Hon. John Mulimba has revealed that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will reduce the number of diplomatic missions abroad from the current 38 to about 15 according to a president directive citing cost concerns and questions around their…

Minister attributes bad roads to Shs1.3 trillion UNRA debt

The Minister of State for Works, Hon. Musa Ecweru has revealed that the bad state of some roads is attributed to a Shs1.3 trillion debt that the now rationalised Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) owed to contractors.Ecweru’s assertion followed an outcry by a cross section of Members of…

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. Titus Edward Songiso Mvalo, is in Uganda for a four-day bench-…

Sugar Council to regulate sugar sector

Parliament has passed the Sugarcane (Amendment) Bill, 2023 providing for self-regulation of the sugarcane industry by a stakeholder council.The Sugarcane (Amendment) Bill, 2023 was passed during plenary sitting on Tuesday, 15 April 2025.The lawmakers approved a recommendation of the Committee on…

Govt should provide money for the cancer PET Machine

The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has called on the Ministry of Finance to honor an earlier House recommendation for government to purchase a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) machine, used for early cancer detection and monitor treatment.Tayebwa said it is a consensus of all MPs that government…

Avoid violence and promote peace, Dr. Kaziimba tells MPs

The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has appealed to political leaders to avoid violence and promote peace, in the run-up to the general elections.Dr. Kaziimba asked politicians to avoid a repeat of the violence witnessed during the recently concluded by…

Legislators Push to Scale Up Agro-Industrial Funding

The Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries has recommended a phased increase in funding for the Agro-Industrialization Programme, advocating for a rise in its budget allocation from the current 2.4 percent to 5 percent of the national budget.This, the Committee says, will align…

MPs call for a joint EAC force to end border conflicts

The Committee on East African Community (EAC) Affairs has called for the creation and deployment of a professional joint force at entry points of all partner states so as to end border conflicts.The Committee, headed by Hon. James Nsaba Buturo argued that despite the existence of EAC protocols on…

Migrant workers’ traceability to improve, Gender Ministry says

Traceability of externalised labour in the Middle East is expected to improve following the establishment of a data base of migrant workers, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MoGLSD) has said.Uganda has in the recent past experienced a surge in labour migration, particularly to…

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