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  • Inconsistences cited in student loan applications

    Posted: 03 May 2023 The Executive Director of Higher Education Student Financing Board (HESFB), Michael Wanyama has reported inconsistencies in applicants for government student loans across the country. Wanyama along...

  • Political commitment key in malaria fight - Tayebwa

    Posted: 03 May 2023 The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has said that policy makers and politicians are one of the biggest drivers who will fight to eliminate malaria in Uganda. Tayebwa who is also the patron of the...

  • Speaker Among urges media owners to pay journalists

    Posted: 03 May 2023 The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has called on media owners to ensure journalists and media workers are paid their hard-earned salaries as the world celebrates the World Press Freedom Day. ...

  • Human Rights Committee condemns brutal arrest of women MPs

    Posted: 03 May 2023 Members of Parliament of the Committee on Human Rights have condemned the manner in which women legislators were arrested outside Parliament. The legislators said their colleagues were arrested in a...

  • DPP salaries to be tax exempt as MPs reject levy on digital services

    Posted: 03 May 2023 Parliament has passed the Income Tax (Amendment) bill, 2023 that will see the salaries of staff in the Office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) exempt from taxation. The reasons...

  • Anti-Homosexuality Bill passed by Parliament in second vote

    Posted: 02 May 2023 Parliament has passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023 with amendments to five clauses following proposals by President Yoweri Museveni. While presiding over the House sitting on Tuesday, 02 May...

  • No salary increase for local leaders - Tayebwa

    Posted: 29 Apr 2023 The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa , has revelaed that government will not be in position to increase salaries of local government leaders for the next three years, despite the visible need to...

  • Deputy Speaker Tayebwa condemns brutal arrest of female MPs

    Posted: 27 Apr 2023 The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has criticised the security agencies for what he called the brutal arrest of 11 female legislators. The legislators from the Opposition were arrested on Thursday,...

  • Operationalise HIV/AIDS Trust Fund - MPs

    Posted: 27 Apr 2023 The Chairperson of the Committee on HIV/AIDS and Related Matters, Hon. Sarah Netalisire, called on fellow legislators to mount pressure on government to operationalise the HIV/AIDS Trust Fund....

  • President returns the Anti-Homosexuality Bill

    Posted: 27 Apr 2023 President Yoweri Museveni has returned the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023 to the House with proposals for reconsideration. The bill that criminalises acts and promotion of homosexuality was passed on...

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