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President defers signing of Sexual Offences, Succession Bills
Posted: 17 Aug 2021 The President has deferred signing off the Sexual Offences Bill and Succession Bill. President Yoweri Museveni’s decision to return the Bills for reconsideration by the House was communicated to MPs... -
Accountability committees want recall of passed audit reports
Posted: 17 Aug 2021 A motion is in the offing to overturn a resolution of Parliament to adopt all the Auditor General’s reports that the 10th Parliament had resolved to adopt without consideration. Chairpersons of the... -
Deputy Speaker rallies African, Asian MPs on gender equality
Posted: 17 Aug 2021 The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has committed Parliament of Uganda’s support to follow up recommendations agreed to at the International Conference on Population and Development (... -
Gov’t to pay Bunyoro tobacco farmers
Posted: 06 Aug 2021 Government has said that compensation of the more than 1,000 tobacco farmers in Bunyoro sub-region who had been denied payment since 2017 by private companies is expected to start in two weeks. The... -
MPs reiterate need for sports funding
Posted: 05 Aug 2021 Members of Parliament are concerned about Government’s failure to prioritize the sports sector calling for more funding and construction of facilities across the country. Ntungamo Municipality MP,... -
LOP faults gov’t on economy growth
Posted: 04 Aug 2021 The Leader of the Opposition (LOP), Hon Mathias Mpuuga has faulted government on its role in the recovery of the economy, saying that the state has relegated almost all its core obligations to the... -
Parliament calls for audit of Covid-19 expenditures
Posted: 04 Aug 2021 The Auditor General should institute a forensic audit into all Covid-19 expenditures to ascertain value for money, the Parliamentary Task Force on the national Covid-19 response has recommended. In... -
MPs to probe Emyooga fund utilisation
Posted: 04 Aug 2021 Legislators have been tasked to appraise the impact of Emyooga funds in their constituencies within a week prior to commencement of the much anticipated Shs 490 billion Parish Development Model (PDM... -
Public Service minister takes oath of MP
Posted: 03 Aug 2021 The Minister for Public Service, Hon Wilson Muruli Mukasa, has taken oaths of allegiance and for Member of Parliament at a plenary sitting on Tuesday, 3 August 2021. Parliament rules provide that Ex... -
Legislators demand for more support to sports
Posted: 30 Jul 2021 Government has been urged to improve funding to sports in a bid to enable the country’s nationals teams compete at local, regional and international level. According to Members of Parliament, limited...