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MPs intensify pressure on delayed Copyright amendments
Posted: 03 Apr 2024 The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has tasked the Attorney General, Hon. Kiryowa Kiwanuka, to table the Bill amending the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, 2006 expressing... -
Shs2.8 bn payout to war debt claimants bounces over dormant accounts
Posted: 03 Apr 2024 Over Shs2.8 billion disbursed to the accounts of war debt claimants from Acholi, Lango, and Teso sub-regions bounced. The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, told Parliament during plenary on... -
Parliament demands mass education on mycotoxins contamination
Posted: 03 Apr 2024 Parliament’s committees of Agriculture and that of Health want government to straightaway design a public information programme to sensitise the public about the risks posed by mycotoxins... -
Four new members join Parliament
Posted: 03 Apr 2024 Four new Members of Parliament have taken oath during the plenary sitting on Wednesday, 03 April 2024 presided over by Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa. Dokolo District Woman MP, Hon. Sarah Nyangkori... -
UBOS seeks additional Shs23.7 billion to cover tax for census tablets
Posted: 03 Apr 2024 The Uganda National Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) is seeking an additional Shs23.7 billion to settle tax obligations for 120,000 tablet computers procured for the upcoming national population census... -
MPs demand timely compensation of war claimants
Posted: 03 Apr 2024 Legislators have put government to task over failure to compensate persons affected by conflict and war in Uganda. Hon. Jonathan Ebwalu (Indep., Soroti West Division) alluded to an order by the... -
‘Move staff between projects to save costs’
Posted: 03 Apr 2024 A Parliament Committee has advised the Uganda Electricity Company Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) to transition staff from completed to new projects rather than recruit new staff, in a bid to... -
Govt to investigate fraudulent land dealings in Agago district
Posted: 03 Apr 2024 The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has asked the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development and the Attorney General to investigate claims of land grabbing and fraudulent issuance of land... -
Reconsider phasing out of nursing courses’
Posted: 02 Apr 2024 The Committee on Education and Sports has called for thorough research before the phasing out of certificate and diploma courses in nursing. This recommendation was made in a report of the committee... -
Finance Minister tasked on nursery tea operators’ compensation
Posted: 02 Apr 2024 The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon. Matia Kasaija has been given a fortnight to provide an action taken report on compensation of nursery tea farmers in Zombo district....