Young Members of Parliament meeting in Tokyo, Japan have called for radical policies to end the alienation and radicalization of young people, including new education policies and employment quotas. The more than 220 young MPs made the call at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Global Conference of Young MPs jointly organized by IPU and the Japanese […]
In a move to call into question the ability of The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to provide tangible reforms ahead of the general elections scheduled for 2016, a European Union Delegation to Uganda met Parliament Speaker Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga. The delegation led by EU Ambassador HE Kristian Schmidt, on Friday June 5, 2015 discussed […]
Fishermen and fish traders at Kasenyi landing site have staged a sit down strike protesting a move by the State Minister for Fisheries to ban the extracting and exportation of fish maw by Ugandan traders. Last month, extraction of fish maw from nile perch by the fishermen was banned saying a number of them extract maw from […]
Parliament passed the budget for the financial year 2015/16 worth 24.9 trillion shillings moving from 14.9 trillion shillings of the last financial year. Government will finance 86 % of the 2015/16 budget with 14 % coming from donors. The passed budget gives the ministries which include Defense, Energy, and Health and Works trillions of money […]
The Executive Director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) Dr Tom Okurut wants the Biosafety and Biotechnology bill 2012 (famously referred to as GMO bill) swiftly passed in its current form. Dr Tom Okurut told reporters in Kampala that what is very important is that Uganda must have a law on Biotechnology and Biosafety not the diversionary debate […]
The executive director SEATINI-Uganda, Ambassador Nathan Irumba, is cautioning governments of developing countries to desist from subjecting farmers to foreign dependence as this will drastically cause negative effects to agricultural development in these countries with Uganda being among them. According to Ambassador Irumba the continued importation of various agriculture policies from developed countries will not at any time help the […]
Members of Parliament on the Parliamentary Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs have opposed the proposal tabled before them by the National Resistance Movement party seeking to protect any president who crosses from one political party to another. MPs on the committee chaired by Kajara MP Stephen Tashobya while receiving the NRM party proposals, noted […]
The Pan African Parliament has elected Hon. Roger Nkodo Dang as its new President replacing Hon. Bethel Nnaemeka Amadi in a tightly contested race. Hon. Nkodo, from Cameroon and formerly the 1st Vice President representing the Central Africa Region Caucus, defeated Hon. Eduardo Joaquim Mulembwe (Mozambique/Southern Region) and Hon. Rahoui Mongi (Tunisia/Northern Region). Nkodo polled […]
The Minister for the Presidency and Kampala, Frank Tumwebaze, says that it will be difficult to return the Lord Mayor in office without the involvement of Councillors in the purported talks between the opposition and government. He made the remarks during the Parliament’s sitting today chaired by the deputy speaker Jacob Oulanyah. Minister Frank Tumwebaze’s assurance came […]
Over 300 Ugandans are rotting in the Democratic Republic of Congo prisons over different crimes without facing justice. This was disclosed by Uganda’s top envoy to DR Congo, Ambassador James William Kinobe, while appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Public accounts chaired by the Woman MP for Serere District Alice Alaso. He said that most of the arrested […]