Odonga Otto, the Aruu South County Member of Parliament has demanded for measures that will make it difficult for the President to make pledges when the budget has already been passed by Parliament. Otto’s remarks come shortly after the Executive Director to National Planning Authority, Dr.Joseph Muwala told a Parliamentary Committee on Budgets that they […]
Government anticipates that non-teaching staff at the public universities will call off their strike and return to work by Thursday this week. Janet Kataha Museveni, the minister of education and sports, while addressing parliament on Tuesday August 09, 2016 said that one of the demands the of non-teaching staff was for government not to use part […]
Parliament has asked the ministry of foreign affairs to come out with an explanation on what it is doing on the matter of Ugandans who are detained and humiliated in foreign countries. The matter has been presented to the floor of parliament by the MP for Buhweju County in Bushenyi district Francis Mwijukye who claims […]
Officials of the Uganda Prison Services want government to construct a minimum of three prisons every year if they are to address the current problem of congestion countrywide. Currently the main Prison Luzira that was constructed by the colonial government in the 1950’s is meant to accommodate a total of 6000 prisoners only however, the […]
Officials of the National forestry Authority(NFA) led by the Authorities Executive Director Micheal Mugisha were shown the exit from a meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) over lack of detailed accountability documents. The Committee Chaired by Bugweri County MP Abdul Katuntu told the NFA officials to leave the […]
RAKAI district Woman Member of Parliament, Juliet Ssubi Kinyamataama wants parliament to enact a law that restrains landlords from charging traders in dollars this habit is greatly affecting many businesses in the Country. Kinyamataama, says every time traders are pushed to pay rent in dollars, there has been an increased price on commodities and where they […]
The Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee has expressed disappointment over what they say are the continued advertisements by bureaus/agencies asking Ugandans to respond so that they can secure for them jobs abroad despite a ban by government on the matter. Government had earlier this year imposed a temporary ban on Ugandans leaving the Country to seek […]
Nutrition experts in Uganda have warned of a negative health impact like reduced immunity to children due to the poor habits of breastfeeding by mothers across the country. According to Dr. Jasent Asiimwe, the head of nutrition at the health ministry, statistics show that 53% of mothers in Uganda breast feed their babies in the […]
Local leaders in Kampala are now calling for a massive dialogue between the local people and police that will bring to an end the current impasse which was caused by the beating up of Besigye supporter in Kampala. Salongo Nkoyoyo, the security head in Kisenyi a Kampala suburb says that dragging officers and their bosses […]
The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory and State Enterprises (COSASE) has today July 28, 2016 demanded for a list of properties sold by officials at the Uganda Railways Corporation (URC). Abdul Katuntu, the Committee Chairperson and also Bugweri Member of Parliament ordered officials from URC to produce a list of assets showing the prices at […]