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  • Oulanyah implores MPs to reflect on their actions

    The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has asked legislators to reflect on their service to the country in their capacity as representatives of the people. Oulanyah made the remarks as he...
  • Government urged to mitigate disasters

    Members of Parliament have tasked the Ministry of Relief and Disaster Preparedness to come up with mitigation strategies for the looming disasters in the country instead of being reactionary. This...
  • Fast track agriculture projects – MPs

    Members of Parliament have tasked the Ministry of Agriculture to speed up efforts in delivering projects to intended beneficiary communities. MPs on the Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industries...
  • LOP set for nationwide engagement with political parties

    The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Hon Betty Aol Ocan, is to embark on a countrywide tour aimed at uniting the Opposition in and outside Parliament. Aol Ocan who was appointed two months ago...
  • LDUs to earn Shs200,000, don military fatigues

    The army is to remunerate Local Defense Unit personnel with a monthly stipend of Shs200,000 and offer them military fatigues and guns, Chief of Defence Forces Gen David Muhoozi  has said. Gen Muhoozi...
  • Minister wants phased ban of polythene

    The Minister for Trade, Hon. Amelia Kyambadde, has advised against an immediate ban on kaveera but rather a gradual phase out of production and use of the plastic carrier bags. Kyambadde, who was...
  • Uganda in Shs41 trillion debt

    The Finance Ministry has put Uganda’s public debt at Shs41 trillion, which is an equivalent of US$10 billion. In a statement to Parliament read by Finance State Minister (Planning), Hon David Bahati...
  • Parliament reduces tax on mobile money

    Parliament has voted to reduce the 1 per cent tax originally imposed on all mobile money transactions. With the amendment contained in the Excise Duty (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill, 2018, the 0.5 percent...
  • Cabinet delaying ban on single-use plastics – NEMA

    The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) says a stalemate in consensus by an inter-ministerial committee has delayed the implementation of the ban on plastics and their production in the...
  • Parliament to host 20th National Prayer Breakfast

    The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, will next week host the 20th National Prayer Breakfast to pray for the country and renew people’s commitment to God. The National Prayer Breakfast, which...

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