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Empower communities to be self reliant – Speaker
Posted: 04 Jun 2018 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called on the leadership in Busoga to encourage and support communities to embrace development programmes. Kadaga made these remarks at the Skills... -
Legislators applaud Masaka District on development
Posted: 04 Jun 2018 Despite the 1979 war which toppled President Idi Amin and destroyed Masaka, the once ghost town is slowly getting back on truck through government efforts to support infrastructural development and... -
Government set to implement Islamic Banking
Posted: 04 Jun 2018 The Minister of State for Finance, Hon. David Bahati, has said that the government has issued regulations to support Islamic Banking in Uganda. Bahati made the revelation while updating Parliament on... -
Ignore MPs’ salary increment reports - Kadaga
Posted: 04 Jun 2018 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has refuted media reports that Members of Parliament are seeking to increase their monthly pay from Shs11 million to Shs24 million and has advised the... -
Parliament blocks taxation of SACCOS
Posted: 04 Jun 2018 The proposal to re-introduce tax on Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) has been rejected by Members of Parliament. The legislators overwhelmingly supported the report of the Finance... -
Kadaga roots for campaign against abortion
Posted: 04 Jun 2018 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called for a campaign against abortion urging legislators to agitate for the right to life. Kadaga said any campaign aimed at saving the family and life... -
Traditional medicine practitioners support regulation of sector
Posted: 04 Jun 2018 Traditional medicine practitioners want limitations to be put on the scope of what traditional medicine treats. The Executive Director Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together Against HIV... -
MPs reconsider $200m loan request over local content
Posted: 04 Jun 2018 A request to borrow up to US$200m from the Exim Bank of China suffered a hitch following intense criticism from Members of Parliament over local content. MPs were first told by the National Economy... -
Speaker directs Attorney General on compensation of war veterans
Posted: 04 Jun 2018 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Attorney General to explain the circumstances surrounding the unpaid benefits to world war ex-servicemen. Presiding over a sitting of the... -
‘Ringfence Women Fund’, Kadaga tells Budget Committee
Posted: 04 Jun 2018 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has tasked Members of Parliament on the Budget Committee to ring-fence shs10 billion meant for the Women’s Fund in a bid to support projects like the Uganda...