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  • Education key to peace and security – Osoru

    Posted: 08 Apr 2019 Arua District Woman Member of Parliament, Hon. Moureen Osoru, has said that only education can guarantee the world peace and security as opposed to military might that relies heavily on the barrel of...

  • Human Rights Commission tasked over police brutality

    Posted: 08 Apr 2019 MPs on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee have put the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) to task over the recurring abuse and mistreatment of opposition politicians.  Hon. Asuman...

  • Elections delayed due to no funding – Electoral Commission

    Posted: 08 Apr 2019 The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Justice Simon Byabakama, has said the ability for the Electoral Commission (EC) to hold elections for new districts is hampered by inadequate funds. In...

  • ’Gov’t compliance with gender equity improved’

    Posted: 05 Apr 2019 The Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), Sylvia Muwembwa Ntambi, has noted great improvement in compliance with gender and equity related issues in ministries, departments and...

  • Cocoa farmers petition Parliament

    Posted: 04 Apr 2019 Cocoa farmers from Bundibugyo district have petitioned Parliament protesting a new tax imposed on unprocessed cocoa by the district local government. The petitioners envisage that the new tax will...

  • President rejects Sugar Bill over zoning

    Posted: 04 Apr 2019 President Yoweri Museveni has rejected the Sugar Bill 2016 and asked Parliament to reconsider and provide zoning of sugar cane growing and production. Museveni said that because of the absence of...

  • UPDF presence on lakes lawful, says Rukutana

    Posted: 04 Apr 2019 The Deputy Attorney General, Hon Mwesigwa Rukutana, has defended as lawful the deployment of Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) on the lakes. The Fisheries Protection Force (FPF) has been under...

  • ‘Qualicel ownership to be determined by court’

    Posted: 04 Apr 2019 The Deputy Attorney General, Hon. Mwesigwa Rukutana, has told Parliament that Drake Lubega and Mansoor Matovu are in current possession of the Qualicel Building and Buganda Bus Park pending...

  • Minister clarifies delay in issuance of passports

    Posted: 04 Apr 2019 The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Hon. Obiga Kania, has refuted claims that government has failed to issue passports to applicants and attributed the delays to increased demand for the...

  • Parliament faults Ministries on policy statements

    Posted: 03 Apr 2019 The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, has faulted nine government ministries for failure to submit policy statements with all the requirements. Oulanyah said that the ministries were supposed to submit...

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