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MPs reject seven year term recommendation
Posted: 24 Feb 2021 A recommendation by the Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to have the tenure of all elective offices extended to seven years has met stiff resistance from Members of Parliament. In its... -
Operators of daycare centres petition Parliament
Posted: 23 Feb 2021 Operators of daycare centres and nursery schools have petitioned Speaker Rebecca Kadaga over the indefinite closure of the facilities saying government is unfair to both the operators and parents.... -
Workers union petition Parliament over conditions
Posted: 20 Feb 2021 The Uganda Local Government Workers Union has petitioned Parliament to intervene in their pursuit for better working conditions. Mr Hassan Mudiba, the Union’s General Secretary, while presenting the... -
Workers to access savings after Parliament passes NSSF Bill
Posted: 18 Feb 2021 Parliament has passed the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Bill, which will see contributors aged 45 and above have mid-term access to their savings. The Bill was stood over in September 2020,... -
MPs furious over government management of labour exportation
Posted: 17 Feb 2021 Legislators have chastised the government for failing to manage and mitigate the gross human rights violations and inconsistencies involved in the exportation of labour especially to the Arab... -
Speaker backs youth engagement in leadership
Posted: 17 Feb 2021 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has reechoed the importance of addressing and acceptance of youth engagement in the leadership of the country. Addressing eminent women led by Florence... -
LoP, Indian envoy talk democracy, trade
Posted: 12 Feb 2021 The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Hon. Betty Aol Ocan and the Indian High Commissioner to Uganda H.E. Ajay Kumar have extolled the rising trade, business and cultural cooperation between... -
Gen Odongo, MPs differ on composition of Mineral Police
Posted: 11 Feb 2021 A controversial list submitted to Parliament by MP Joseph Ssewungu (DP, Kalungu West) on the composition of the Mineral Police has pitted some MPs against Internal Affairs Minister, Gen Jeje Odongo.... -
‘Gov’t cannot implement taxes without approval’
Posted: 11 Feb 2021 The Minister of State for Finance, Hon. David Bahati has assured the country that no taxes can be imposed without the approval of Parliament. Bahati made this assurance while responding to a matter... -
Election observers want party primaries uniformly conducted
Posted: 11 Feb 2021 Ugandan lecturers drawn from a section of public and private universities have called for the creation of a uniform manner in which political party primaries should be conducted. The lecturers...