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Two wins and a draw for Uganda in Day 2 of EAC games
Posted: 08 Dec 2021 Uganda started the day with a decisive victory against the East African Legislative Assembly in netball on Wednesday, 8 December 2021. The EALA team was humbled 46:22 but that was before the football... -
Gov't urged to expedite hand-hoe distribution
Posted: 08 Dec 2021 Parliament has asked the government to extend the roll-out of hand-held hoes to parts of the country that did not benefit from the previous roll-out. Honourable Roland Ndyomugyenyi (Ind. Rukiga... -
Budget cuts crippling legislative business
Posted: 08 Dec 2021 Legislators have asked the Central Government to revise the budget cuts it imposed during the budgeting cycle due to the austerity measures occasioned by the COVID 19 pandemic. The call was made... -
Doctors to MPs, 'strike will not end until our demands are met'
Posted: 08 Dec 2021 Attempts by lawmakers to convince medical workers in government hospitals and health centres to review their industrial action were futile, with the medical workers vowing to continue the strike... -
Clerk to Parliament tips new staff on discipline, innovativeness
Posted: 08 Dec 2021 The Clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige Kasaija, has tipped new Parliament staff to observe a high sense of discipline, decorum and innovativeness during their service. Mwesige urged the new staff,... -
Non compensation, local content take centre stage as MPs debate oil pipeline Bill
Posted: 08 Dec 2021 Members of Parliament have raised concern about the failure to compensate Ugandans affected by the construction of the US$ 5 Billion East African crude Oil Pipeline despite the project kicking off.... -
Zanzibar, Tanzania slows Uganda’s jubilant start at EAC games
Posted: 08 Dec 2021 The East African Community Inter-Parliamentary Games have commenced with Uganda drawing out two victories and two losses. The netball team had started by defining the day’s event with a 54 to 5... -
LOP tasks gov’t on schools reopening, financing
Posted: 07 Dec 2021 Government has been urged to allow private schools access a defined percentage of the already disbursed US $285 million capitation grant for renovation of schools in preparation for teaching and... -
New law to streamline mining sector mooted
Posted: 07 Dec 2021 The Parliamentary committee on Environment and Natural Resources has commenced scrutinising the Mining and Minerals Bill, 2021. The Minister of State for Minerals, Hon. Peter Lokeris, on Tuesday, 7... -
Gov't asked to do more to fight corruption
Posted: 07 Dec 2021 Members of Parliament have called upon the government to improve its efforts in fighting corruption as the country commemorates International Anti-Corruption Day. This came as a response to a...