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  • Speaker tasks Gov’t on legislative agenda, cautions MPs

    Posted: 31 Aug 2022 The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has tasked the Government Chief Whip to update to the House on the progress of government bills expected to be tabled on the Floor of Parliament. Among issued...

  • Tourism experts call for repatriation of Uganda’s artefacts

    Posted: 30 Aug 2022 The Uganda Tourism Association (UTA) has called for the establishment of a committee to lead the return of Ugandan artefacts from foreign museums. Herbert Byaruhanga, the President of UTA made the...

  • Parliament scraps Excise Duty on confectionaries

    Posted: 30 Aug 2022 MPs have passed the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2022 scrapping taxes on sugar confectionaries, sweets, gums, and chocolates. The bill was earlier passed in March 2022 but returned to Parliament for...

  • Leading opposition party withdraws from EALA elections

    Posted: 30 Aug 2022 The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LoP), Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, has announced the National Unity Platform's  (NUP) decision to shun the forthcoming election of East African Legislative...

  • MPs call for PDM implementation strategy

    Posted: 26 Aug 2022 Government has been urged to develop a clear equitable allocation formula for funds under the Parish Development Model (PDM) that takes into consideration different demographic, geographical and...

  • ‘Parliament can’t intervene in DP’s internal affairs’

    Posted: 25 Aug 2022 The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has said that Parliament cannot involve itself in the internal Affairs of the Democratic Party (DP). This followed a concern from a member of DP  Hon. Lulume...

  • Minister defends self over appointment of airline CEO

    Posted: 25 Aug 2022 The Minister of Works and Transport, Gen Katumba Wamala has told Members of Parliament the on Committee Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) that Jenifer Bamuturaki was...

  • Gov’t response to Mbale floods was prompt- Nabbanja

    Posted: 25 Aug 2022 The Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja has dismissed part of the report of the Opposition on disasters in the Elgon region that fault government for acting with negligence during the recent...

  • Government bans sale of adulterated liquor in Arua

    Posted: 25 Aug 2022 Government has banned the production and sale of a locally distilled alcohol in Arua City after it reportedly claimed about 14 lives and left others hospitalized in West Nile. According to the...

  • Journalists reject Computer Misuse Bill

    Posted: 25 Aug 2022 The Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRNJ) and the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA) want Members of Parliament to throw out the Computer Misuse Amendment Bill, 2022. The journalist’...

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