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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... -
IGG calls for amendment of the Leadership Code Act
Posted: 11 Feb 2021 The Inspectorate General of Government (IGG) has called for the fast tracking of the amendment of the Leadership Code Act. The Deputy IGG George Bamugemereire who presented the 2019/2020 bi-annual... -
MPs call for diplomatic pressure on Kenya over milk stalemate
Posted: 10 Feb 2021 A section of MPs are calling for sanctions on Kenyan goods and services to retaliate the current blockade on Ugandan dairy products by Nairobi. In a statement to MPs, Trade and Industry Minister, Hon... -
Legislators pay tribute to three eminent Ugandans
Posted: 10 Feb 2021 Parliament has paid tribute to the former cultural leader of the Bamasaaba, Late Bob Mushikori, the founder and leader of Faith of Unity church, late Desto Owobushobozi Bisaka, and former Member of...