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  • Gov’t bolsters security in refugee camps

    Posted: 09 Aug 2019 Over 490 police officers have been deployed in 13 refugee settlements across the country in an effort to ensure security and peaceful co-existence with host communities. This was revealed by the...

  • MPs want education curriculum reviewed

    Posted: 09 Aug 2019 Legislators have recommended an overhaul of the education curriculum, saying that the current one does not address the skills gap.   The MPs made the call while responding to a statement by the...

  • PAP calls for better governance to achieve SDGs

    Posted: 08 Aug 2019 Stronger efforts are needed to encourage good governance, accountable leadership and effective institutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS). Presenting a report on Wednesday, 07...

  • Kadaga calls for scrapping of visas across Africa

    Posted: 08 Aug 2019 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called on African countries to abolish the issuance of visas to enable free movement of people across the continent. The free movement of persons,...

  • MPs renew calls to end FGM

    Posted: 07 Aug 2019 Legislators have tasked government to increase efforts to end FGM, warning that the practice will persist, if not addressed. The MPs called on government to put emphasis on setting up a special fund...

  • Kadaga slams international community over refugees

    Posted: 07 Aug 2019 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has criticised the international community for failing to make good their financial contributions to support refugees in Uganda as they had pledged during...

  • Gen. Tumwine refutes Katusabe, Cecilia Ogwal claims

    Posted: 07 Aug 2019 The Minister for Security, General Elly Tumwine, who is under scrutiny by the Rules, Privileges and Discipline Committee, has dismissed allegations against him that he belittled the Speaker and...

  • NGOs lobby Speaker to support family systems

    Posted: 06 Aug 2019 Non-Governmental Organisations, New Hope Uganda and Hands for an African Child have called upon the Speaker of Parliament to support their initiative in raising orphaned children in family systems....

  • Pan African MPs courted on free movement of persons

    Posted: 06 Aug 2019 The possession of passports and visas should not be a preserve of a few if Africa is to make advances for a peaceful, prosperous and integrated continent, experts have told Members of the Pan-African...

  • Former Minister proposes coffee regulatory authority

    Posted: 02 Aug 2019 Former Finance Minister Gerald Sendaula, has appealed to Parliament to push for creation of a coffee regulatory authority as it considers the National Coffee Bill, 2018. Ssendaula who is the...

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