By Gerald Businge on October 17, 2016
financial and value for money audit be commissioned to determine the quality of works on the two power dam projects, Henry Kyalimpa through Nyanzi, high court orders to the effect that an independent engineering, Irene Muloni and the permanent secretary at the Ministry, Karuma and Isimba power dams by the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources has been brought to an abrupt halt due to a pending court case filed by a Kampala lawyer, Kiboneka & Mbabazi advocates, parliamentary committee that was chaired by Alex Byarugaba, said on Friday that work was hampered when the minister of Energy and Mineral Development
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The recent assignment to oversee work progress on the 2 controversial Karuma and Isimba power dams by the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources has been brought to an abrupt halt due to a pending court case filed by a Kampala lawyer, Henry Kyalimpa through Nyanzi, Kiboneka & Mbabazi advocates. Kyalimpa wants high court orders to the […]
By Gerald Businge on October 14, 2016
has admitted that most systems in Government have failed and needs to be fixed if Uganda is to realize the vision 2020 of a middle income status, Joseph Muvawala, presented a paper indicating domestic evidence where some households like in Kalangala district have achieved sustainable middle income status, stakeholders during a national development policy forum in Kampala, The Executive Director National Planning Authority (NPA), through ongoing vegetable oil development projects that have transformed their livelihoods.
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The Executive Director National Planning Authority (NPA), Joseph Muvawala, has admitted that most systems in Government have failed and needs to be fixed if Uganda is to realize the vision 2040 of a middle income status. Muvawala was responding to concerns raised by stakeholders during a national development policy forum in Kampala on Thursday. Many […]
By Gerald Businge on October 14, 2016
adding that there should be no excuse for lack of new coffee law to compromise the coffee standards, Dr.Emmanuel Lyamulemye Niyibingira, Lyamulemya, new managing director of UCDA, noted that extra funds is required for procurement of more coffee seedlings through nursery operators since the available funds can only cater for the coffee seedlings of the current season., production of quality coffee on market using available laws, that they will both have to quit their offices should they not work hard to ensure that coffee production reaches 20 million bags in the next five years, The Minister of Agriculture, Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), Vincent Bamulangaki Sempijja has threatened to quit his cabinet post if his ministry fails to hit a target of 20 million coffee bag productions by 2020
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The Minister of Agriculture, Vincent Bamulangaki Sempijja has threatened to quit his cabinet post if his ministry fails to hit a target of 20 million coffee bag productions by 2020. Sempijja made the remark while meeting with the board members of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) which was held at the Coffee house in […]
By Gerald Businge on October 13, 2016
Alex Byarugaba, Basil Ajer, committee chaired by Isingiro County MP, The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources has directed the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to review a license it issued to Chinese Company Mango Tree Group to mine sand, told the UIA officials on Wednesday that they should have revoked the company’s license following the ministerial directive, UIA Director
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The Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources has directed the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to review a license it issued to Chinese Company Mango Tree Group to mine sand. The directive comes after the MPs discovered that in May last year, the then minister for environment, Prof.Ephraim Kamuntu, directed that the company only deals in digging Lake […]
By Gerald Businge on October 13, 2016
Apollo Kantinti said that they need the money urgently to carry out the constituency and parliament work without delay, Busiro East, Kaliro district woman, Margaret Mbeiza, Members of Parliament flocked their respective banks on Wednesday upon hearing that government had deposited 100 million shillings as part payment for the purchase of their highly anticipated vehicles, Merdad Ssegoona and Kyadondo East, MPs who included those for ; Nansana municipality, Wakayima Nsereko
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Members of Parliament flocked their respective banks on Wednesday upon hearing that government had deposited 100 million shillings as part payment for the purchase of their highly anticipated vehicles. MPs say that they rushed to the banks to check their accounts to ascertain whether they had received the car fund but they left the bank […]
By Gerald Businge on October 13, 2016
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A number of Ugandans are strongly asking Parliament to give more priority to having the alcohol drinks control bill 2016 passed into law to help set proper guidelines for alcohol consumption in the country. The alcohol bill 2016 pushed as a private members bill by Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament, Betty Nambooze Bakileke, seeks to […]
By Gerald Businge on October 13, 2016
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Parliament’s committee on State and Statutory Enterprises this week ordered Chinese contractors to deposit over 31 billion shillings to the account of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) before the end of business on Tuesday. In 2014 UNRA deposited over 47 billion shillings to the different accounts of five Chinese contractors China Railway 18th bureau group company limited, […]
By Gerald Businge on October 13, 2016
and lake shores which could have adverse effects, Collin Subika, John Ssebalamu’s Capital Estates, managing director of Zhong Industries, mine sand at Lwera wetland in Mpigi yet they are mining within the protected zone of Lake Victoria, MPs also reacted to submissions by other companies like Seroma Investments, Parliamentary Natural Resources Committee has directed that Chinese company Zhong’s industries Ltd goes to police for further investigations over their illegal sand mining business, Pastor Kakande’s Aqua World and Chinese Company Mango Tree Group that mine sand in Lwera Wetlands in Mpigi and Kalungu districts, riverbanks, Zhong is accused of violating regulation 30 of the Environment Act on wetlands
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The Parliamentary Natural Resources Committee has directed that Chinese company Zhong’s industries Ltd goes to police for further investigations over their illegal sand mining business. The directive comes after the managing director of Zhong Industries, Collin Subika, admitted on Tuesday that the company does not have a license to mine sand at Lwera wetland in […]
By Gerald Businge on October 11, 2016
collection was awarded to private garbage collection companies by Kampala capital city Authority (KCCA), Erias Lukwago’s intervention, Political heads led by the Makindye East MP, The delay to collect and remove garbage from residents’ collection centers in Makindye division has raised concern with leaders in area calling for the Lord Mayor
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The delay to collect and remove garbage from residents’ collection centers in Makindye division has raised concern with leaders in area calling for the Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago’s intervention. Residents complain that s much of the garbage has spent over two weeks in their collection centers in heaps yet the work of collection was awarded […]
By Gerald Businge on October 11, 2016
Johnson Muyanja Ssenyonga, The newly elected Buganda Parliamentary Caucus Chairman
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The newly elected Buganda Parliamentary Caucus Chairman, Johnson Muyanja Ssenyonga, says his first main focus as he takes over office will be to organize his team for interaction that will forge unity with the members of Buganda Lukiiko as a way of getting to know challenges facing Buganda. Ssenyonga who is also the MP for […]
