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Parliament authorises Gov’t to borrow US$90 million for secondary schools education project
Posted: 02 Dec 2021 Parliament has given Government clearance to borrow 65.6 million special drawing rights valued at approximately US $90 million that will finance the Uganda Secondary School Education Expansion... -
Health Ministry to open border health centres
Posted: 01 Dec 2021 The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana Atwine, has said the Ministry will soon have 53 functional Health Centres located at various border points in the country. She said that the... -
Entebbe Airport contract with China okay, says Kiryowa
Posted: 01 Dec 2021 The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, has told Parliament that Uganda is able to fulfill its duties and contractual obligations in the US$ 200m Entebbe Airport Agreement between the Government and... -
Tackle the misinformation about COVID-19 Vaccination in Acholi
Posted: 01 Dec 2021 The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has asked the Ministry of Health and the Acholi Parliamentary Group to design strategies to address the smear campaign against the government’s Covid-19... -
Bill to regulate administration of sports mooted
Posted: 01 Dec 2021 Parliament has granted leave to Budiope East MP Hon. Moses Magogo to introduce a Private Member's Bill entitled, the National Sports Bill, which will regulate the operation and administration of... -
MPs to probe agreement with Russian Car tracking company
Posted: 01 Dec 2021 Parliament is to examine the agreement between Uganda and Global Security JSC, a Russian company that was awarded a 10-year contract to install digital monitoring systems in all motorcycles and... -
Parliament to investigate UMEME over unlawful acts
Posted: 30 Nov 2021 The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has directed the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) to inquire into allegations of unlawful conduct by Umeme... -
Oulanyah entreats Acholi region to embrace COVID-19 vaccination
Posted: 30 Nov 2021 The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has urged the people of Acholi sub-region and the rest of the country to positively respond to the government's call to be vaccinated against COVID-19.... -
Karamoja MPs want gov't to clampdown child traffickers
Posted: 30 Nov 2021 Members of Parliament hailing from Karamoja sub-region have urged government to use an iron hand to crackdown child traffickers who they say are responsible for the many children on Kampala streets.... -
Gov’t tasked to update Parliament on UPDF deployment
Posted: 30 Nov 2021 The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has asked government to present to Parliament a comprehensive report on its foreign deployment of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). This...