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Adopt cheaper, clean energy sources- MPs
Posted: 09 Aug 2022 Parliament has questioned government’s continued investment in thermal energy as opposed to other cheaper and clean sources of energy. During the Tuesday, 09 August 2022 plenary sitting, Members of... -
Prioritise youth interests, MPs tell gov’t
Posted: 09 Aug 2022 The Northern Uganda Youth Representative, Hon. Boniface Okot has in a motion supported by Members of Parliament urged government to calibrate all its interventions to uplift the life of youths in the... -
Speaker donates solar equipment to Arua Hospital
Posted: 09 Aug 2022 The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has donated solar equipment to Arua Regional Referral Hospital in a bid to support the hospital deal with the rampant electricity shortages in the region. The... -
IGP wants UN agency to vacate Naguru Police land
Posted: 09 Aug 2022 The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Martin Ochola Okoth wants the United Nations African Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (UNAFRI) to vacate the police land in... -
Minister Lugoloobi calls for research on Local Content Bill
Posted: 09 Aug 2022 The Minister of State for Finance in charge of Planning Hon. Amos Lugoloobi has asked lawmakers to conduct extensive research on the Local Content Bill arguing that in its current form, 90 per cent... -
Online media owners asks MPs to overhaul new cyber law
Posted: 09 Aug 2022 The Independent Online Journalists Association-Uganda (INDOJA-U) have called for an overhaul of the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill which they say inhibits free speech and freedom of expression .... -
Makerere students petition Parliament over suspension of guild leadership
Posted: 09 Aug 2022 The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, has received a petition from students of Makerere University challenging the university council’s decision to suspend student... -
Youth call for tax waivers on their enterprises
Posted: 06 Aug 2022 Youths from across the country have urged government to waive off taxes on youth enterprises that have been earmarked to benefit from the Parish Development Model (PDM). The youths made this call... -
Speaker Among tips youth to seek for opportunities
Posted: 06 Aug 2022 The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has called on youths not to sit back, but take interest in the existing opportunities. Among said that there are so many opportunities in the country, like the... -
LOP visits disaster-hit Mbale, criticises sluggish response from government
Posted: 06 Aug 2022 The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, has criticised the government’s slow response to evacuate as well as offer relief support to Ugandans in the disaster-prone...