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  • Parliament blocks taxation of SACCOS

    Posted: 04 Jun 2018 The proposal to re-introduce tax on Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) has been rejected by Members of Parliament. The legislators overwhelmingly supported the report of the Finance...

  • Kadaga roots for campaign against abortion

    Posted: 04 Jun 2018 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called for a campaign against abortion urging legislators to agitate for the right to life. Kadaga said any campaign aimed at saving the family and life...

  • Traditional medicine practitioners support regulation of sector

    Posted: 04 Jun 2018 Traditional medicine practitioners want limitations to be put on the scope of what traditional medicine treats. The Executive Director Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together Against HIV...

  • MPs reconsider $200m loan request over local content

    Posted: 04 Jun 2018 A request to borrow up to US$200m from the Exim Bank of China suffered a hitch following intense criticism from Members of Parliament over local content. MPs were first told by the National Economy...

  • Speaker directs Attorney General on compensation of war veterans

    Posted: 04 Jun 2018 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Attorney General to explain the circumstances surrounding the unpaid benefits to world war ex-servicemen. Presiding over a sitting of the...

  • ‘Ringfence Women Fund’, Kadaga tells Budget Committee

    Posted: 04 Jun 2018 The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has tasked Members of Parliament on the Budget Committee to ring-fence shs10 billion meant for the Women’s Fund in a bid to support projects like the Uganda...

  • Minister’s authority to waive taxes removed

    Posted: 04 Jun 2018 Legislators have rejected a proposal giving the Minister of Finance powers to pay taxes on behalf of an individual or organisation. This followed presentation of a report by the Committee of Finance...

  • Streamline solid waste management in Kampala – MPs

    Posted: 04 Jun 2018 Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is urged to prevail over the companies collecting solid waste which seek payment from city residents as this amounts to double payment. Members of Parliament say...

  • MPs rap Local Gov’ts over USMID municipality projects

    Posted: 23 May 2018 Members of Parliament of the Public Accounts Committee (Local Governments) were shocked to learn about Tanzanian local government’ utilisation of Word Bank funding on the urban infrastructural...

  • Busoga Muslim Leaders push for Islamic Banking

    Posted: 23 May 2018 Muslim leaders in Butembe County, Jinja district have demanded that government expedites the implementation of Islamic banking. In 2016, the Parliament passed the Financial Institutions Amendment...

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