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Speaker Oulanyah to visit jailed MPs Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana
Posted: 08 Sep 2021 The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has said parliamentary powers and privileges do not apply to two MPs currently incarcerated at Kitalya Prison over their alleged involvement in two murders... -
MPs endorse tax on passengers flying out of Uganda
Posted: 08 Sep 2021 Parliament has adopted a raft of recommendations to revive the economy, currently battered by the Covid19 pandemic, key among which is the implementation of a Tourism Development Levy. “The Committee... -
Parliament to consider increasing funding to sports – Oulanyah
Posted: 08 Sep 2021 Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has given assurances to Uganda’s sports fraternity of increase in allocation of funds to the sector in the next Financial Year. Oulanyah was speaking at a dinner he hosted in... -
MPs demand comprehensive report following heightened insecurity
Posted: 08 Sep 2021 Legislators on Tuesday devoted a considerable amount of time debating instances of insecurity in various parts of the country; a situation legislators described as ‘seemingly getting out of hand’.... -
Parliament supports impactful efforts to transform rural women - Oulanyah
Posted: 07 Sep 2021 The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has asked representatives of the UN Women to align their agenda with the struggle to transform and uplift rural women, as opposed to high-sounding... -
Otuke MP lauded for uplifting Ugandan sports
Posted: 03 Sep 2021 Parliament has passed a motion congratulating Otuke County MP, Hon. Julius Acon Bua for his induction into the World Olympians Association as an Olympian for life. The Motion was moved by Albetong... -
Minister Muyingo tasked on re-opening of schools
Posted: 02 Sep 2021 The Minister of state for Higher Education, Hon John Chrysostom Muyingo is expected to present a comprehensive report to Parliament in a weeks’ time on re-opening of learning institutions. This was... -
Committee to scrutinise merger of agencies named
Posted: 02 Sep 2021 The Deputy Speaker, Anita Among has named an Ad-Hoc committee to scrutinise the merger and rationalisation of government agencies. This comes after a debate earlier this week in which Members of... -
’Ugandans in South Sudan need protection’
Posted: 02 Sep 2021 The Deputy Speaker, Anita Among has directed the Prime Minister to constitute an inter-ministerial committee to find a lasting solution to the insecurity faced by Ugandans in South Sudan. Among made... -
Expenditures on Covid-19 to be audited
Posted: 02 Sep 2021 Lawmakers have adopted a report by the Parliamentary Task Force on the National Covid-19 Response calling on the Auditor General to carry out a forensic audit into all Covid-19 expenditures to...