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Kadaga honored for defeating LGBT agenda at IPU meeting
Posted: 14 Nov 2018 Members of Parliament have paid tribute to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, over what they termed as, “consistently upholding and protecting Uganda’s cultural values.” Legislators meeting... -
Parliament bans polythene bags below 30 microns
Posted: 14 Nov 2018 Parliament has passed the National Environment Bill,2017 banning polythene bags below 30 microns following a recommendation from the Committee on Natural Resources. Committee Chair, Hon Keefa... -
Gov’t pinned over delays in World Bank infrastructure Project
Posted: 14 Nov 2018 Members of Parliament have expressed disappointment over the delay in implementation of the World Bank funded Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) Program in Jinja town. MPs... -
State of equal opportunities poor in key sectors
Posted: 14 Nov 2018 The Equal Opportunities Commission has presented its annual report to Parliament noting that the status of equal opportunities is still lacking in the sectors of Health, Education, Works and... -
Minister seeks powers to regulate ban on plastics
Posted: 14 Nov 2018 The State Minister of Environment, Hon. Mary Goretti Kitutu Kimono, has asked Parliament to give the Ministry powers to regulate the ban of plastics. This follows a recommendation from the report of... -
Ministry of Health dispels Ebola outbreak reports
Posted: 14 Nov 2018 The Ministry of Health says that Uganda is on an Ebola alert following an outbreak of the disease in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Ministry also allayed fears that there is... -
Ngora fruit farmers petition Parliament
Posted: 13 Nov 2018 The orange and citrus fruit farmers in Ngora district have petitioned Parliament seeking compensation following the massive losses incurred in the recent season. The petition was presented by Hon.... -
South Africa MPs benchmark Parliament’s Budget Office
Posted: 13 Nov 2018 A delegation of 15 legislators and staff of Parliament from the Gauteng Provincial Legislature of South Africa are in Uganda to benchmark best practices from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO).... -
Parliament mourns Rakai school fire victims
Posted: 13 Nov 2018 Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has called for speedy investigations into the fire in which nine students were burnt to death at St Bernard’s Secondary School in Mannya, Rakai. “We condole with the families... -
MPs demand assets inventory of defunct Teffe Bank
Posted: 13 Nov 2018 Members of Parliament have tasked Bank of Uganda (BoU) to provide an assets inventory of the defunct Teffe Trust Bank. Teffe Trust Bank was closed in 1993 over insider lending and accumulation of bad...