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Shs100 million PDM cash earmarked for parishes
Posted: 11 Aug 2022 The Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Planning) Hon. Amos Lugoloobi, has revealed that some parishes will, in the Financial Year 2022/2023, receive more money than... -
Minister directed on body organ theft, labour export firms
Posted: 11 Aug 2022 The Member of Parliament for Kilak North County, Hon. Anthony Akol, has asked Parliament to direct the Minister for Internal Affairs to clarify on the regulations in place pertaining to labour export... -
MPs demand seedlings to ward off famine
Posted: 11 Aug 2022 MPs want government to urgently distribute seedlings to avert the famine in the country. Kilak North County MP, Hon. Anthony Akol, said that the long dry spell has left Ugandan farmers without seeds... -
Gov't on spot as wild animals torment locals
Posted: 11 Aug 2022 Members of Parliament have raised concern over the failure of government to compensate people affected by damage-causing wildlife across the country. The MPs said that although Parliament had passed... -
Gov't to establish regional centres to manage disasters
Posted: 11 Aug 2022 Government has developed a robust disaster risk management plan that will mitigate impending disasters across the country, the Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hon. Hillary... -
‘Demarcate fishing zones to safeguard breeding areas’
Posted: 11 Aug 2022 The Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa, has called for setting up of beacons on Lake Victoria that demarcate no-fishing zones. According to Nankabirwa who is a former... -
Trade minister accused of unfair policies on rice importation
Posted: 10 Aug 2022 Parliament has directed the Minister of State for Trade, Hon. Harriet Ntabazi, to withdraw her directive on what they termed, ‘unfair trade policy on rice importation’. On 21 April 2022, Ntabazi... -
‘Redesign roads to curb road carnage’
Posted: 10 Aug 2022 If the government does not address the issue of widening roads, the country will not achieve much in curbing road carnage, the Civil Society Coalition on Transport in Uganda (CISCOT) has told Members... -
Rights body wants life sentence for organ traffickers
Posted: 10 Aug 2022 The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has welcomed the life sentence against traffickers proposed in the Uganda Human Organ and Transplant Bill, 2021. In an appearance before Parliament’s... -
Speaker tasks Justice Minister to handle Constitution Amendment Bill
Posted: 10 Aug 2022 Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has referred to the Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Hon. Norbert Mao, a motion seeking leave of Parliament to introduce a private member’s...