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  • Budget Committee tasked to expedite work on NBFP

    Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah, has given the Budget Committee of Parliament up to Friday, 31 February 2020 to present its report on the Budget Framework Paper for consideration and approval. Oulanyah...
  • Parliament honours investor Amina Hersi

    Parliament has paid tribute to Amina Hersi Morghe, a Kenyan business woman who has invested heavily in Uganda. The parliamentary mention follows her recent receipt of an award, ‘Entrepreneur of the...
  • MPs reject proposed cuts on 2021 election budget

    Legislators have rejected a proposal by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to cut the Electoral Commission’s (EC) budget for the 2021 general elections. The Minister of...
  • Oulanyah dispels ill-health rumors

    Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah has dismissed reports that circulated on social media in December 2019 claiming he was battling an illness out of the country. “I am well as you can see; I have not...
  • FIFA Secretary General calls for amendment of sports law

    The Secretary General of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), Fatma Samoura has called on Parliament to harmonise the country’s sports laws with the  international...
  • Lakwena victims demand Shs 11.6 billion in compensation

    Victims and survivors of the Alice Lakwena insurgency have demanded that government fulfills its pledge and pay them Shs11.6 billion for their contribution in ending the fighting in eastern Uganda....
  • Speaker Kadaga endorses UCU fundraising run

    Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has commended the Uganda Christian University Guild leadership for its initiatives to support financially underprivileged students to progress in their academic ventures at the...
  • Public Parliament calls for better democratic practices

    Members of the Public have called for strengthened democratic practices in the country, saying that Uganda is still far from attaining a democratic status.   This was during the Public Parliament on...
  • New traffic law to curb bad driving

    The Traffic and Road Safety Act 1998 (Amendment) Bill if passed into law will go a long way in reducing the high rate of road accidents which lead to an estimated 10 fatalities per day. Legislators...
  • Attorney General refutes allegations of land grabbing

    Allegations of the impropriety of the acquisition of land in Kampala by Mesas Pine Investments have been termed false and baseless by the Attorney General, Hon William Byaruhanga. According to the...

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