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  • Parliament perturbed over Nyege Nyege festival

    Posted: 06 Sep 2022 Parliament has directed for the cancellation of Nyege Nyege, a controversial festival over concerns of immorality. The festival that is scheduled for Thursday, 15 September 2022 for three days at the...

  • Cabinet approves pay rise for civil servants

    Posted: 06 Sep 2022 Cabinet has approved an enhanced pay plan for all civil servants to take effect in the next financial year. The State Minister for Public Service Hon. Grace Mugasa, made the revelation, without...

  • Refrain from protests on matters before Parliament - Speaker

    Posted: 06 Sep 2022 The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has advised the public to abstain from staging demonstrations against matters that are before the House as legislators work around the clock in resolving them...

  • Tayebwa to push for diaspora treasury bonds

    Posted: 04 Sep 2022 The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has pledged to champion efforts to establish Diaspora bonds. This he says, will encourage Ugandans in the diaspora to invest in the country's treasury bonds. ...

  • LOP Mpuuga mourns former Minister Kanyomozi

    Posted: 02 Sep 2022 The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, has described the departed veteran politician, Yona Kanyomozi as a great pillar and an icon of the struggle to establish...

  • MPs laud national water on use of €150 million loan

    Posted: 02 Sep 2022 Members of Parliament on the Committee on National Economy have hailed the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) for apt utilisation of a €150 million loan. Parliament in 2011 and 2019...

  • Ministry backs law on city and municipal museums

    Posted: 02 Sep 2022 Cities and municipalities will be mandated to establish public museums if Parliament adopts a proposal from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. While making her submission before...

  • Stop school fees increment - MPs

    Posted: 01 Sep 2022 Members of Parliament on the Committee on Education and Sports want the line ministry to develop a tuition policy for all schools to ease the pressure of school fees rates on parents. The MPs have...

  • Vandals drive transport ministry to embrace concrete rail sleepers

    Posted: 01 Sep 2022 The Ministry of Works and Transport has resorted to the use concrete sleepers over the steel ones in restoration of the railway to curb vandalism. Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, the Minister of Works...

  • Uganda’s debt distress worries MPs

    Posted: 31 Aug 2022 Parliament has asked government to develop mechanisms that will ensure the country returns to a low risk of debt distress. During plenary on Tuesday, 30 August 2022, Parliament approved two reports...

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