New ID System Faces Questions Over Digital Verification

The rollout of new national identity cards has come under fresh scrutiny in Parliament, with Aswa County, Hon. Patrick Okello reporting that failures in the cards’ QR-code verification system are leaving citizens unable to access essential…

Health Commission Proposes Stronger Disciplinary Measures for Errant Workers

The Health Service Commission has proposed sector specific standing orders to expedite disciplinary action against health workers implicated in negligence, absenteeism, dual employment and other forms of misconduct.

The Chairperson of the…

Shadow Minister sounds alarm over holiday coaching

The Shadow Minister of Sports, Hon. Bulasio Zambaali, has sounded an alarm over the widespread and unregulated practice of holiday teaching, warning that the practice is turning periods designed for rest and family bonding into extended classroom…

Accounting Officers Must Honour Committee Summons – Speaker

Failure to honour committee summons undermines constitutional accountability, the Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Jacob Marksons Oboth, has said as concerns mounted over the effectiveness of parliamentary scrutiny when senior government officials…

COSASE Halts Civil Aviation Probe Over Director General's Absence

The House Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has declined to allow Olive Birungi Lumonya, the Deputy Director General of Uganda Civil Aviation Authority to represent her boss and resolved to conduct an…

‘All medical interns to get Shs1 million allowance’

Government has stayed the proposal that would have seen the suspension of facilitation for medical interns.
This will now see the current cohort of medical interns all earning a monthly net allowance of Shs1 million.

The Minister of…

MPs raise concerns over electricity supply

Legislators have raised concerns over inequalities in electricity access and government's failure to deliver on longstanding commitments to expand power supply, warning that the gaps are undermining development and the delivery of essential…

Kabasharira Calls for Unified African Response to Rising Cyber Threats

Ugandan legislator, Hon. Naome Kabasharira has urged African countries to treat cybersecurity as a national security priority, warning delegates at the 55th CPA Africa Region Conference in Malawi that the continent's rapid digital growth is…