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  • MPs moot legislation against modern day slavery

    Posted: 24 Jan 2019 Parliament has granted leave to a backbench member, Hon. Herbert Ariko, to present the Anti Slavery Bill, intended to prohibit slavery, servitude and forced labour. In presenting the proposal, Ariko...

  • Be enterprising, MPs tell UPDF

    Posted: 24 Jan 2019 Members sitting on Parliament’s Committee on Defense and Internal Affairs have recommended that the Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF) uses the prevailing peace in the country to engage in...

  • MPs want govt action to tackle immorality

    Posted: 23 Jan 2019 Members of Parliament have demanded that government takes immediate actions to curb what they termed as the appalling situation of moral decadence in the country. The MPs, who were debating a motion...

  • MPs hail KCCA, point out areas of improvement

    Posted: 23 Jan 2019 Members of Parliament have commended Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) for managing and improving the standard of the city. The MPs on the Committee on Presidential Affairs however appealed to...

  • Give children equal opportunities - Oulanyah

    Posted: 23 Jan 2019 The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, has called for provision of equal opportunities to all children in the different parts of the country. Oulanyah said that children in Uganda face different...

  • Kadaga tasks government to end FGM

    Posted: 23 Jan 2019 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has tasked government to present an action plan to put an end to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).   Delivering her communication from the chair at the start...

  • President proposes tougher measures on betting

    Posted: 23 Jan 2019 President Yoweri Museveni has proposed new measures intended to strengthen the regulation of betting in Uganda, the Minister of State for Finance, David Bahati, told Parliament. “It is true that I...

  • Corruption failing social services-Oulanyah

    Posted: 20 Jan 2019 The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah has said Uganda has all the resources it needs to perfect the education system and other social services, but that the corrupt steal to make citizens beggars....

  • Kadaga honoured for fight against FGM

    Posted: 20 Jan 2019 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has been honoured for her efforts towards ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the Sebei region. Sebei leaders led by the Minister of Water and...

  • Public Parliament wants increased funding to local govts

    Posted: 20 Jan 2019 Roaring morning clouds backed off, paving the way for a bright day that eased ‘MPs' access to Parliament, providing the right atmosphere for the hard fought battle for the coveted Speakership. This...

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