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Midterm access to pension for Members
Posted: 08 Sep 2022 Members of the Parliamentary Pension Scheme are lined up to access 20 percent of their contribution when the President assents to an amended bill in accordance with Article 91 of the Constitution.... -
MPs pass Bill promoting local content
Posted: 07 Sep 2022 Parliament has passed the National Local Content Bill, 2022 intended to foster promotion of local content in all but the oil, gas and petroleum sector. Among others, the bill seeks to impose local... -
President returns Fisheries Bill for amendment
Posted: 07 Sep 2022 President Yoweri Museveni has returned the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, 2022 to Parliament for reconsideration. The bill that was passed by Parliament on 03 May 2022, seeks to consolidate and... -
Opposition faults Judiciary over imprisoned MPs
Posted: 07 Sep 2022 The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Mathias Mpuuga, has castigated the Judiciary which he said has denied two constituencies representation in Parliament for a year. Mpuuga said the... -
MUBS seeks Parliament support to stop land squatters
Posted: 07 Sep 2022 Makerere University Business School (MUBS) is on the verge of losing land to squatters, the University’s Principal, Prof. Waswa Balunywa, has said. Balunywa said the university has failed to have... -
National Kiswahili Council in offing
Posted: 06 Sep 2022 The Ministry of East African Community Affairs is engaging the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to establish the National Kiswahili Council in Uganda. According to the First Deputy... -
Parliament perturbed over Nyege Nyege festival
Posted: 06 Sep 2022 Parliament has directed for the cancellation of Nyege Nyege, a controversial festival over concerns of immorality. The festival that is scheduled for Thursday, 15 September 2022 for three days at the... -
Cabinet approves pay rise for civil servants
Posted: 06 Sep 2022 Cabinet has approved an enhanced pay plan for all civil servants to take effect in the next financial year. The State Minister for Public Service Hon. Grace Mugasa, made the revelation, without... -
Refrain from protests on matters before Parliament - Speaker
Posted: 06 Sep 2022 The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has advised the public to abstain from staging demonstrations against matters that are before the House as legislators work around the clock in resolving them... -
Tayebwa to push for diaspora treasury bonds
Posted: 04 Sep 2022 The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has pledged to champion efforts to establish Diaspora bonds. This he says, will encourage Ugandans in the diaspora to invest in the country's treasury bonds. ...