Members of parliament on the Parliamentary Public Accounts committee of parliament were upset by discovering that the Ministry of health supplied to health facilities in the country medical equipment and these are laying on their verandas. In the meeting with Ministry of health officials led by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of health, Dr. […]
Youth have vowed to shun whoever wants to lead this country in 2016 unless he or she agrees to their demands. The demands were contained in what they called the youth manifesto authored by youth organizations in conjunction with Uganda parliamentary forum on youth affairs led by the female national youth MP Monica Amoding. Among […]
Development partners are strongly cautioning government on the continued behaviours of increased borrowing which they say will, in the long run, fail faster economic and social development as government will then be engaged in servicing the debts. Speaking in a meeting organized to discuss the way Uganda borrows and the way it uses its resources, […]
With the term for the current Vice chancellor of Makerere university, Prof. Mondo Kagonyera, comes to an end on Octobter 23rd 2015, the institution has launched a new search for the new chancellor to replace Prof. Mondo. Addressing a press conference today at the university to announce the search, the acting Vice chancellor, Okello Ogwang says the search that kicks off today […]
The parliamentary public Accounts committee grilled the director of the Uganda cancer institute, Dr. Jackson Orem, over accepting the National medical stores to over stock the institute with the Anti-cancer medicines which could not be consumed and hence expired in stores. MPs on the committee chaired by Jinja East municipality MP Paul Mwiru while, interfacing […]
Youths Under their umbrella Organization Worldwide African Congress has petitioned parliament asking it to pass to bill entitled “Made in Africa Bill 2015” to ban the importation of secondhand underwear and bras. The youths who have displayed the secondhand underwear at Parliament say that they want a law that will prohibit the sale and exportation […]
Cabinet has agreed to create and operationalise four new districts by 1st July 2016. The districts include Kagadi which comprises the counties of Buyaga east and West; Another district is Kakumiro which has two counties of Bugangaizi west and east and both districts are being curved out of Kibaale district. The third district is Omoro which will comprise […]
Religious leaders in the country are being advised to strongly desist from engaging in partisan politics as the country moves towards the 2016 general elections with the strong call geared towards avoiding conflict of interest and misleading the followers. Speaking at the launch of the Regional Peace and Stability forum today in Kampala, the Arch Bishop emeritus […]
Experts in nutrition reveal that the country is still faced with a big burden of maternal nutrition which is thought to be under looked by the population and government. According to the nutrition expert, Brenda Namugumya, 12% of women in Uganda are malnourished with 23% (3/10) pregnant women are anaemic which causes huge problem at times of giving birth. Statistics […]
The deputy speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanyah has asked members of parliament to consider domesticating chemical weapons convention to decrease on misuse of chemical science. Oulanyah made the call while addressing a sensitization workshop on the prohibition of the Development, production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons held at parliament. He said that chemical hazards […]