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Deploy Kiswahili language teachers – EAC minister
Posted: 04 Apr 2024 Uganda has ample manpower to teach the Kiswahili language, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East African Affairs, Rebecca Kadaga, has assured Parliament. She, however, revealed that... -
‘Review traffic laws to curb road carnage’
Posted: 04 Apr 2024 The Parliamentary representative for Lower Madi County in Madi-Okollo District, Hon. Ronald Afidra, has called for a review of Uganda’s traffic laws following the several road accidents registered... -
Action on Tororo land dispute deferred after AG's advisory
Posted: 03 Apr 2024 Parliament has deferred its intervention regarding the land dispute in Nyakesi E Zone, Lyokango Parish, Nyangole Sub-county, Tororo District over the subjudice rule. The dispute, which centres around... -
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...