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Speaker directs Minister on e-passport
Posted: 24 Jan 2019 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has given the Minister of Internal Affairs, Gen Jeje Odongo up to Tuesday next week to address the House on the process of issuance of the new e-passports... -
Investigate substance in thermos flasks, Kadaga tells gov’t
Posted: 24 Jan 2019 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has directed the government chemist to investigate a substance that is allegedly inside some thermos flasks. Messages have been circulating on social media... -
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....