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  • Pay attention to audit reports, Oulanyah tells MPs

    Posted: 26 Mar 2019 Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah has challenged legislators to ensure that reports produced by the Auditor General create the desired impact and benefits for all Ugandans.   Oulanyah said that this can...

  • Let’s eradicate not control Malaria - Oulanyah

    Posted: 26 Mar 2019 Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, has appealed to the Global Malaria Consortium and other foreign partners to shift their focus in fighting malaria from control to total eradication. Oulanyah said that...

  • Speaker recovering in Nairobi hospital-Oulanyah

    Posted: 26 Mar 2019 The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah has said that the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga is recovering at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi where she was transferred over the weekend.   While chairing the plenary...

  • MP ask gov’t to take kidney doctors’ advice

    Posted: 26 Mar 2019 The Vice Chairperson of the House Committee on Health has appealed to government to heed calls by nephrologists to train more specialists and also equip regional health centres to handle patients...

  • ‘Trade Ministry should settle traders’ claims’

    Posted: 25 Mar 2019 A section of Ugandan traders who were un paid for the supply of goods in South Sudan have demanded that their dues are settled by the Ministry of Trade, not the Ministry of Finance, where the...

  • Access to water and sanitation key in attaining gender parity

    Posted: 21 Mar 2019 Without access to clean water, there is no gender equality. This is the message from women representatives of UN Member States and civil society organizations gathered in New York at the sidelines of...

  • LoP seeks Ghanaian counsel on electoral reforms

    Posted: 21 Mar 2019 The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Hon Betty Aol Ocan, has sought the advice of her Ghanaian counterpart on how to push for electoral reforms in time for the 2021 general elections. In the...

  • 'Recognise and value domestic work'

    Posted: 20 Mar 2019 When women and girls engage in household chores such as cooking, cleaning, taking care of children and the elderly including fetching firewood and water, it constitutes what has been termed unpaid...

  • Assent to the Sugar Bill, MPs tell Museveni

    Posted: 19 Mar 2019 Selected legislators have urged President Yoweri Museveni to reconsider his decision and assent to the Sugar Bill, 2016. In his recent address to NRM MPs attending a retreat at the National...

  • Ring fence gov’t procurements for women - Kadaga

    Posted: 18 Mar 2019 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has endorsed a proposal for the review of Uganda’s procurement laws so as to ensure that 30 percent of all government contracts are reserved for women. She...

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