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  • MPs quiz former Judiciary PS over Shs343 million

    Posted: 05 Mar 2020 Lawmakers on the Public Accounts Committee gave grilled the former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Kagole Kivumbi over a Shs343 million payment to the Chief Justice, Bart Katureebe...

  • Uganda’s MPs call for ratification of Maputo Protocol to silence guns

    Posted: 05 Mar 2020 Uganda’s representatives to the Pan African Parliament (PAP) have called upon member states to ratify the Maputo Protocol to achieve peace in Africa. The MPs were part of the delegation of...

  • MPs create more seats for women in local governments

    Posted: 04 Mar 2020 Members of Parliament have created a seat for women representatives in every sub county, town council and urban divisions. Currently, a woman councilor represents two or three sub counties or town...

  • Kadaga pledges support to nurses, midwives

    Posted: 04 Mar 2020 Nurses and midwives in Uganda have renewed calls for better working and living conditions including accommodation and feeding, and have asked the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga to intervene...

  • Kampala Lord Mayor ignorant of Tondeka Bus project

    Posted: 04 Mar 2020 Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago has expressed ignorance about the proposed Tondeka Metropolitan Bus project saying the loan to fund the project is a surprise. “We have gathered from media reports...

  • MPs irked by Kampala City darkness

    Posted: 04 Mar 2020 Members of Parliament are concerned that Kampala city is poorly lit despite the adequate hydro power generated by the various dams in the country. MPs were dismayed that only eight per cent of...

  • ’Women inclusion in contract management key’

    Posted: 03 Mar 2020 Women need more participation in local and international contracts management in a bid to grow the country’s economy. Referring to a meeting with the former Managing Director of the International...

  • Huawei commended on CSR initiatives

    Posted: 03 Mar 2020 The Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has commended Huawei Uganda for supporting communities in Kamuli district through their corporate social responsibility programmes. Kadaga said she was happy Huawei was...

  • Speaker calls for audit of Police SACCO

    Posted: 03 Mar 2020 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has promised to direct the Auditor General to carry out a forensic audit into the mismanagement of the Police Exodus Sacco. Kadaga together with MPs; Elijah...

  • Zimbabwe Minister courts Africa MPs over sanctions

    Posted: 03 Mar 2020 “We are counting on you in helping us make Zimbabwe great again,” said Zimbabwe’s number two top diplomat in a passionate appeal to the Pan African Parliament (PAP) on sanctions against his country....

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