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MPs, civil society want enforcement of strict broadcasting guidelines
Posted: 18 Jul 2019 Legislators and women rights’ activists have asked the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) and Uganda Media Council to enforce professional code of ethics on all media houses in the country.... -
MPs task Minister on Uganda Airlines Board
Posted: 18 Jul 2019 Legislators have demanded that Government complies with a Parliament resolution and present a list of the Board of Directors of Uganda Airlines for scrutiny and approval. The lawmakers questioned the... -
Gov’t increases fines, penalties for traffic offences
Posted: 18 Jul 2019 Government has introduced new traffic and road safety proposals intended to strengthen road transport regulation and management but will see an increase in fines and penalties for traffic offences... -
Parliament pays tribute to Mukwano
Posted: 18 Jul 2019 Members of Parliament have hailed the late Amirali Karmali Mukwano as a great entrepreneur whose enterprises enabled Ugandans to improve their livelihoods through access to jobs as well basic needs.... -
Private firm to audit Auditor General
Posted: 18 Jul 2019 Parliament has re-appointed Kisaka and Company Certified Public Accountants, a private firm, to audit the accounts of the Office of the Auditor General (OAG). The company, which was initially... -
Minister admits to mistakes in ID issuance
Posted: 18 Jul 2019 Government has acknowledged mistakes in the process of acquiring new and replacing lost national identification cards. The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Hon. Obiga Kania, was on Wednesday,... -
Gov’t condemns, warns Pastor Bugingo
Posted: 17 Jul 2019 Acting Information and National Guidance Minister, Chris Baryomunsi, has described as “offensive”, utterances by controversial city pastor Aloysius Bugingo, who last week disparaged his estranged... -
Uganda needs proper refugee management systems – Oulanyah
Posted: 17 Jul 2019 Government ought to set up better systems and protocols to manage the inflow of refugees into Uganda so as to enable adequate planning, the Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, has said. Oulanyah noted... -
PAC queries Police over bloated expenditure
Posted: 17 Jul 2019 Members of the Public Accounts Committee have tasked the Uganda Police Force (UPF) to explain how they spent an extra Shs 1 billion on top of what was approved by Parliament in the financial year... -
UNRA to return 4,000 land titles to owners
Posted: 17 Jul 2019 Uganda National Roads Authority will this financial year return up to 4,000 land titles to persons affected by road works across the country, the head of land acquisition at UNRA, William Matovu, has...