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  • Niwagaba gets nod to amend Constitution

    Posted: 30 Aug 2019 The Shadow Attorney General, Hon Wilfred Niwagaba, has moved past the first hurdle to his motion seeking leave of Parliament to introduce a Private Member’s Bill entitled, the Constitution (Amendment...

  • Attorney General advises couples to renew vows

    Posted: 30 Aug 2019 The Deputy Attorney General, Hon Mwesigwa Rukutana, has advised couples previously married in ungazetted churches to renew their vows. Mwesigwa Rukutana said that the registrar of marriages is the...

  • Gender Ministry requires extra shs29 billion for elderly

    Posted: 30 Aug 2019 The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development requires shs29.6 billion to cater for the elderly under the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) in the financial year 2019/2020. The...

  • Land compensation cited for stalled govt projects

    Posted: 30 Aug 2019 The finance state minister for planning, Hon. David Bahati, has faulted the process of land compensation for causing delays in most of the government’s projects, with some dragging on for up to two...

  • Gov’t operates safe houses, Tumwine tells MPs

    Posted: 29 Aug 2019 The Minister for Security, Gen Elly Tumwine, has admitted before Members of Parliament of the existence of safe Houses. Gen Tumwine however, told MPs on the Human Rights Committee that they cannot...

  • Ring-fence gov’t procurements for women, youth - Kadaga

    Posted: 28 Aug 2019 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has asked government to spare a fraction of its contracts for the bidding of only women and youth. This, Kadaga said, will go a long way in empowering women...

  • Gov’t committed to afforestation-Cheptoris

    Posted: 28 Aug 2019 Government is making deliberate efforts to protect the existing forest cover by creating alternative areas where new forests can be planted. This was revealed by the Minister for Water and...

  • Bill to streamline Bank of Uganda mooted

    Posted: 28 Aug 2019 Parliament has granted Igara County East MP, Hon Micheal Mawanda, leave to introduce a private member’s bill that seeks to amend Article 161 of the Constitution to remove the Governor and Deputy...

  • Bring to book officials involved in forest depletion - MPs

    Posted: 28 Aug 2019 Members of Parliament have called on the Executive to put in place strong measures to curb the increasing depletion of forests by government officials.   According to MPs, land grabbing of forested...

  • Corruption cited in LCs bicycle procurement

    Posted: 27 Aug 2019 The State Minister for Finance, Hon. David Bahati, has accused corrupt government officials for interfering in the procurement of bicycles that were meant for Local Council (LC) chairpersons. “...

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