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House tasks govt on fuel reserves as prices soar
Posted: 07 Jul 2022 The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, wants government to provide its plans to implement recommendations by the Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industry to stock fuel reserves in Jinja district,... -
Minister issues malaria alert
Posted: 06 Jul 2022 The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has told Parliament of an upsurge in malaria cases in five sub-regions across the country that has claimed lives. “We are having an upsurge in malaria and... -
Cancel title in Shs2 billion land compensation scam, COSASE directs
Posted: 06 Jul 2022 The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has directed the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development to cancel the Certificate of Title of the... -
Invest in health centre IVs, MPS urge govt
Posted: 06 Jul 2022 The House has adopted a motion urging government to prioritise investment in health centre IVs across the country in a bid to improve access to services in areas where referral hospitals are hard to... -
Parliament names team to look into teachers’ salary woes
Posted: 06 Jul 2022 Speaker Anita Among has constituted a committee of five lawmakers to draft a motion, which will include resolutions calling on government to address the grievances of teachers of arts subjects. The... -
Biometric system to track MPs attendance
Posted: 06 Jul 2022 The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has warned Members of Parliament against absenteeism and late coming. In her communication to Members at the start of plenary on Wednesday, 06 July 2022, the... -
Speaker pushes govt on teachers’ pay rise
Posted: 05 Jul 2022 Government should carefully study the grievances of teachers of arts subjects and devise sustainable and realistic solutions, Speaker Anita Among has directed. Primary teachers and teachers of arts... -
MPs halt gazettement of new tribes, demand Constitution Review Commission
Posted: 05 Jul 2022 Parliament has stayed processing of the Constitution Amendment Bill, 2022 and tasked government to establish a Constitution Review Commission to comprehensively consider all amendments. The bill... -
Minister tables organ donation and transplant Bill
Posted: 05 Jul 2022 The Uganda Human Organ Donation and Transplant Bill, 2021 which seeks to regulate organ and tissue donation and transplant in Uganda has been tabled for first reading. The bill that seeks to... -
Lira Hospital faulted over failure to recruit specialists
Posted: 01 Jul 2022 Members of Parliament have ordered the Director of Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Dr John Stephen Obbo, to provide evidence for non-absorption of Shs1.5 billion ring-fenced for hiring of medical...