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  • Focus on quality varsity courses and not numbers - Tayebwa

    The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has challenged the University of Kisubi (UniK) to focus on what he termed ‘anchor courses’ as its niche to stand out among the budding universities....
  • MPs’ Pension scheme to reduce investments in Kenya

    The Parliamentary Pension Scheme (PPS) is considering a reduction of the scheme’s equity investments in Kenya in favour of Uganda’s market.  This was revealed by the scheme’s assets manager,...
  • Education Minister calls for more funding for public universities

    The Ministry of Education and Sports has renewed a call for increased funding to support key activities in public universities including staffing, infrastructure development and research, among...
  • Party whips re-designate MPs in committee shakeup

    A number of Members of Parliament have been re-designated from the Public Accounts Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) to other sectoral committees...
  • Parliament passes Animal Feeds Bill

    The House has passed the Animal Feeds Bill, 2023 creating a committee to regulate production, storage, importation, exportation, and marketing of animal feeds. The Animal Feeds Committee chaired by...
  • Speaker Among renews call on Kampala-Jinja Expressway works

    Speaker, Anita Among, has renewed a call to the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, to fast track the commencement of works on the 77 km Kampala-Jinja Expressway.  “The loan...
  • Gov't presents Bills to merge its entities

    Government has introduced nine Bills before Parliament, aimed at legalising provisions to rationalise agencies in different sectors of the economy. The Bills will amend existing laws that establish...
  • UIA quizzed over mischarged expenditure

    The Public Accounts Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE), has tasked the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to explain the unauthourised use of Shs55 million...
  • Tayebwa elected to Bureau of OACPS - EU Parliamentary Assembly

    LUANDA, ANGOLA - The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has been elected member of the Bureau to represent East Africa to the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS...
  • Industrial parks require Shs160bn for direct access to electricity

    The Committee on Government Assurance and Implementation has called on the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to allocate a subsidy worth Shs160.34 billion to the Ministry of...

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