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  • Moneylender’s death stirs debate on minimum wage, mental health

    Posted: 16 May 2023 The brutal killing of Uttam Bhandari, a city moneylender by a Police officer, Ivan Wabwire, has stoked debate on mental health, minimum wage and exorbitant interest rates. Speaker Anita Among asked...

  • LOP Mpuuga appeals for bridge on wrecked Masaka highway

    Posted: 16 May 2023 The Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, has called for an emergency bridge on River Katonga along the Kampala-Masaka Highway until the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA)...

  • Legislators rally State on family protection

    Posted: 16 May 2023 Members of Parliament have urged government to protect and empower families as the world commemorates the International Day of Families. The International Day of Families, observed annually on 15 May...

  • HIV/AIDS infections in border districts worry MPs

    Posted: 15 May 2023 The Committee on HIV/AIDS and Related Matters has prayed for government intervention to curb the spread of the virus in the border districts of Tororo and Busia. During the committee’s oversight...

  • Sports federations must account for funds - PAC

    Posted: 15 May 2023 The Public Accounts Committee (Central Government) has urged the National Sports Council (NCS) to tighten accountability measures on sports federations to ensure compliance with the law. This is...

  • Members irked by Nodding Disease in Northern Uganda

    Posted: 15 May 2023 Members of the Committee on Health on a tour of select districts in Northern Uganda are perturbed by the impact of Nodding Disease on children. In a meeting with the Gulu District Local Government...

  • Netball executives in trouble over Shs100m travel money

    Posted: 11 May 2023 The Shs100 million that was allocated to the Uganda Netball Federation (UNF) in the Financial Year 2021/2022 for the International Male Netball Championship in South Africa has exposed the...

  • MPs propose to sack accounting officers

    Posted: 11 May 2023 Legislators have recommended that accounting officers found to be in breach of the law be dismissed from service. The hard-hitting recommendation follows debate on a report presented by the...

  • Gov’t tables Shs4.4 trillion supplementary request

    Posted: 10 May 2023 The Ministry of Finance has presented a Supplementary Appropriation Bill to Parliament requesting an additional Shs4.4 trillion to cover extra expenses for the 2021/2022 fiscal year.  The Minister...

  • 2023/2024 budget revised to Shs52 trillion

    Posted: 10 May 2023 Government has revised the 2023/2024 financial year budget to Shs52 trillion from Shs51 trillion.  This was contained in the corrigenda to the budget for Financial Year 2023/2024 that was laid by the...

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