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  • Parliament boosts COVID-19 battle with Shs 284 billion in supplementary budget

    Posted: 08 Apr 2020 Parliament has approved Shs 284 billion to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Approved under Addendum 2, of the Supplementary Expenditure Schedule No. 2 for Financial Year 2019/2020, the...

  • MPs demand countrywide relief food distribution

    Posted: 08 Apr 2020 Members of Parliament across the political divide have maintained that the ongoing relief food distribution caters for the entire country. The matter was brought to the fore after the Bukonjo County...

  • Health minister confident on COVID-19 fight

    Posted: 08 Apr 2020 The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, has told Parliament that to strengthen surveillance and treatment services for COVID-19 in the country, an additional 220 health workers are being...

  • Parliament vets new Deputy Governor, DPP and seven others

    Posted: 07 Apr 2020 The Parliament Appointments Committee has interacted with nine presidential nominees to consider their suitability for jobs in the sectors of criminal justice, banking, leadership and governance.  ...

  • There will be no utilities for free, says Rugunda

    Posted: 02 Apr 2020 Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has told Parliament that utility companies will still charge for services, except that service providers should exercise restraint in and consider grace periods for...

  • MPs call for declaration of state of emergency

    Posted: 02 Apr 2020 Members of Parliament have urged the executive to declare a state of emergency in the face of the current COVID-19 crisis. This call followed presentation of four statutory instruments that legalise...

  • Gov’t to start food distribution

    Posted: 02 Apr 2020 The Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda has revealed that food relief distribution will start on Saturday, 04 April 2020 in Kampala and Wakiso districts. Rugunda who was presenting an update on...

  • Finance Minister tables Shs29 trillion 2020/2021 budget estimates

    Posted: 01 Apr 2020 The Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has, on behalf of President Museveni, tabled the 2020/2021 budget estimates, with Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs taking the lead at over Shs4.3 trillion....

  • Minister Opendi denies ‘smuggling’ husband out of quarantine

    Posted: 01 Apr 2020 The Minister of State for Minerals, Hon Sarah Opendi has dismissed allegations that she forcibly took her husband out of institutional quarantine in Entebbe. Opendi said she did not defy presidential...

  • Covid19: MPs call for economic stimulus

    Posted: 26 Mar 2020 A section of MPs has called for a stimulus to cushion the economy against the effects of Covid19. The stimulus, MPs led by Kampala Central’s Muhammad Nsereko said, would include the stay of all loan...

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