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  • LOP Mpuuga mourns former Minister Kanyomozi

    Posted: 02 Sep 2022 The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, has described the departed veteran politician, Yona Kanyomozi as a great pillar and an icon of the struggle to establish...

  • MPs laud national water on use of €150 million loan

    Posted: 02 Sep 2022 Members of Parliament on the Committee on National Economy have hailed the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) for apt utilisation of a €150 million loan. Parliament in 2011 and 2019...

  • Ministry backs law on city and municipal museums

    Posted: 02 Sep 2022 Cities and municipalities will be mandated to establish public museums if Parliament adopts a proposal from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. While making her submission before...

  • Stop school fees increment - MPs

    Posted: 01 Sep 2022 Members of Parliament on the Committee on Education and Sports want the line ministry to develop a tuition policy for all schools to ease the pressure of school fees rates on parents. The MPs have...

  • Vandals drive transport ministry to embrace concrete rail sleepers

    Posted: 01 Sep 2022 The Ministry of Works and Transport has resorted to the use concrete sleepers over the steel ones in restoration of the railway to curb vandalism. Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, the Minister of Works...

  • Uganda’s debt distress worries MPs

    Posted: 31 Aug 2022 Parliament has asked government to develop mechanisms that will ensure the country returns to a low risk of debt distress. During plenary on Tuesday, 30 August 2022, Parliament approved two reports...

  • Speaker tasks Gov’t on legislative agenda, cautions MPs

    Posted: 31 Aug 2022 The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has tasked the Government Chief Whip to update to the House on the progress of government bills expected to be tabled on the Floor of Parliament. Among issued...

  • Tourism experts call for repatriation of Uganda’s artefacts

    Posted: 30 Aug 2022 The Uganda Tourism Association (UTA) has called for the establishment of a committee to lead the return of Ugandan artefacts from foreign museums. Herbert Byaruhanga, the President of UTA made the...

  • Parliament scraps Excise Duty on confectionaries

    Posted: 30 Aug 2022 MPs have passed the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2022 scrapping taxes on sugar confectionaries, sweets, gums, and chocolates. The bill was earlier passed in March 2022 but returned to Parliament for...

  • Leading opposition party withdraws from EALA elections

    Posted: 30 Aug 2022 The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LoP), Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, has announced the National Unity Platform's  (NUP) decision to shun the forthcoming election of East African Legislative...

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