Speaker halts charcoal trade ban pending Govt statement
Parliament has moved to halt the ban on charcoal trade in the country, until the Minister for Energy and Mineral Development presents a statement to the House on the issue as well as on the uptake of alternative energy sources.
The…
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PAC Calls for Central Yard for Govt Assets Awaiting Disposal
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC-Central Government) has called on the Ministry of Works and Transport to designate a central facility to securely keep vehicles awaiting disposal by ministries, departments and agencies.
This facility, the…
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MPs Detain Auditor General Officials Over US$257m ITMS Audit Delay
The Auditor General has not audited the US$257 million Intelligent Transport Management System (ITMS) project, the digital motor vehicle number plate project since its inception in 2021, stunning legislators investigating the deal.
The…
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Stick to Your Lane; Parliament Tells Dei BioPharma
Parliament has asked Dei BioPharma to stick to its mandate and avoid producing generic medicines that can already be manufactured by Ugandan companies, warning that it risks competing unfairly with businesses operating without similar taxpayer…
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MPs push for relief from 'politically exposed persons' tag
Legislators have made a clarion call to government to put measures in place that will ease restrictions imposed on them by banking institutions that label them as politically exposed persons.
The MPs said that former legislators fail to…
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MPs demand UNOC fuel price breakdown amid rising pump prices
Parliament has demanded a breakdown of the price at which Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) supplies fuel to oil marketing companies, as MPs questioned rising pump prices and called for measures to cushion consumers.
This followed an…
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Tayebwa preaches tax compliance, integrity in business
The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has urged entrepreneurs and business persons alike to ensure transparency in their enterprises and diligently honour their tax obligations, so as to promote integrity and grow the country’s finance base through…
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Parliament calls for increased support to smallholder farmers
Parliament has adopted a motion urging government to scale up support for smallholder farmers under the National Smallholder Farmers Transformation and Climate Resilience Programme, after MPs argued that the main challenge facing farmers is poor…
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