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Parliament to reconsider Bill promoting local content
Posted: 04 Nov 2021 Parliament is expected to receive the National Local Content Bill, and will consider a cross-section of concerns raised by President Yoweri Museveni when the Bill was forwarded to him for assent. The... -
Aceng enlists MPs’ support to solve healthcare challenges
Posted: 03 Nov 2021 The Health Minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has listed 10 challenges that she said bedevils the healthcare system in Uganda calling for increased funding to streamline the sector. In a presentation meant... -
'Provide skills and funding for the girl child'
Posted: 03 Nov 2021 Government is urged to avail funding and skill the girl child following the rising cases of defilement and teenage pregnancies. This followed a motion for government to support the girl child and... -
Arriving passengers to isolate at home
Posted: 03 Nov 2021 Passengers arriving at Entebbe International Airport will no longer be required to wait for their Covid-19 test results but will be allowed to leave and self-isolate at home until the results are... -
First female MP remembered for girl child advocacy
Posted: 03 Nov 2021 Members of Parliament have commended the dedicated service rendered by Hon Florence Lubega, the first female legislator. She was also one of the first female legislators in the Legislative Council... -
Parliament to implement no vaccine, no entry policy
Posted: 02 Nov 2021 The Deputy Speaker, Anita Among has reiterated her earlier position that Parliament will not allow MPs, staff and visitors who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 to access the precincts. Chairing... -
URC officials deny selling land, thrown out of committee
Posted: 02 Nov 2021 Officials from the Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) were sent away from the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) for lack of proper documentation on the... -
Development partners call for increased funding to health
Posted: 02 Nov 2021 Health development partners have called on government to prioritise funding to the health sector. The partners who include international organizations like World Health Organisation, UNHCR, Centre... -
CSOs decry tax exemptions in oil pipeline project
Posted: 02 Nov 2021 Clauses in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Special Provisions) Bill, 2021 has rattled a section of civil society organisations over concessions and tax exemptions in the proposed legislation.... -
Farmers seek tax changes in fish Bill
Posted: 29 Oct 2021 The Uganda Commercial Fish Farmers Association (UCFFA) has appealed for changes in the new Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, 2021. The farmers want Parliament to repeal the provision within the Bill...