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Parliament awaits medical board approval to pay MP Ssegirinya's bills
Posted: 22 Aug 2023 Parliament will foot the medical bills of Hon. Muhammad Ssegirinya (NUP, Kawempe Division North) once his documents are in order with the Uganda Medical Board. The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa,... -
Uganda Land Commission on the spot over NARO land titles
Posted: 22 Aug 2023 The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has appealed to lawmakers to intervene in ensuring that the Uganda Land Commission (ULC) hands over land belonging to the organisation. The NARO... -
Minister Otafiire unaware of Russian digital number plate firm
Posted: 22 Aug 2023 The Minister for Internal Affairs, Maj. Gen, (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire, has said he has no knowledge of the company, Joint Stock Company Global Security that is supposed to undertake the issuance of... -
Mpigi teachers illegally paid Shs106 million
Posted: 18 Aug 2023 Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) were left shocked when it was discovered that 20 teachers in Mpigi District illegally access the payroll and having been... -
Youth day to focus on post-covid recovery
Posted: 17 Aug 2023 This year’s International Youth Day celebrations will focus on the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and it effects. This revelation was made by the Government Chief Whip, Hon Denis Hamson Obua on... -
Tayebwa urges engineers to embrace innovation
Posted: 17 Aug 2023 The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has challenged engineers to put innovation at the centre of their work. He said innovation will help the African continent to find homegrown solutions to its... -
Capital for microfinance institutions set at shs5 billion
Posted: 17 Aug 2023 Microfinance Deposit Taking Institutions (MDIs) will be required to have minimum capital of shs5 billion to operate in Uganda. The is contained in a statutory instrument on revision of the minimum... -
NARO tasked on Shs1.3 billion surplus expenditure
Posted: 16 Aug 2023 The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) is in the spotlight over a discrepancy of over Shs1.3 billion in the organisation’s 2021/2022 financial year budget. This was discovered during... -
MPs propose mandatory policy on tree planting
Posted: 16 Aug 2023 Members of Parliament have urged the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to consider enacting a policy requiring all large scale farmers to plant trees on a specified... -
President returns the Local Content Bill, again
Posted: 15 Aug 2023 President Yoweri Museveni has returned the National Local Content Bill, 2022 to Parliament for the second time asking the House to reconsider his earlier recommendations which he said have not been...