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  • Kadaga decries slow industrialisation pace

    Posted: 28 May 2019 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has tasked the National Planning Authority (NPA) to give industrialisation first priority in the National Development Plan III. In a meeting with NPA...

  • Ex-gays want anti-homosexuality law enacted

    Posted: 28 May 2019 Members of the ex-gay community in Uganda want the anti-homosexuality law 2014 re-tabled in Parliament. George Oundo, the chairperson of the ex-gay community in Uganda, on Monday, 27 May 2019...

  • Works, Security take lion’s share in Shs40.5 trillion budget

    Posted: 24 May 2019 Parliament has passed the Budget, with hopes of projected economic growth at 6.3 per cent and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at 7 per cent, surpassing earlier projections. In a report to aid the...

  • Youth activists petition Kadaga on climate change

    Posted: 24 May 2019 Young environmental activists under their body, Fridays for Future Club, have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, over what they called government’s reluctant approach towards...

  • Mwijukye elected as NRM backbench commissioners retain seats

    Posted: 24 May 2019 Buhweju County MP, Hon Francis Mwijukye, has been elected unopposed as commissioner representing the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) in the Parliamentary Commission. Mwijukye replaces...

  • Payment of South Sudan traders approved

    Posted: 24 May 2019 The Minister of State for Finance, Hon. David Bahati, has said that only the companies that dealt with the South Sudan government will be paid since they are the ones authenticated by the government...

  • Muslims petition Parliament over army occupation of mosque

    Posted: 23 May 2019 The Muslim community of Ishaka-Bushenyi Municipality want Parliament to institute an investigation into the alleged unlawful occupation of the mosque by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF). The...

  • Legislators celebrate Kadaga recovery

    Posted: 23 May 2019 Members of the Acholi Parliamentary Group have joined other legislators to celebrate the recovery of Speaker Rebecca Kadaga..   The MPs presented the Speaker with a broom and swept her office, an act...

  • Oulanyah urges Rotarians to give wholesomely

    Posted: 23 May 2019 The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, has urged Rotarians to serve the community wholesomely and not as a by the way. Oulanyah made these remarks at the installation of Charles Kiiza Lwanga as the new...

  • Kadaga faults government on local content

    Posted: 23 May 2019 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has blamed the government for failing to support local manufacturers and frustrating the National Local Content Bill, 2019 that seeks to implement measures...

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