Three parliamentary committees are set to conduct a special session with bank of Uganda pushing for regulating the financial services telecommunication mobile money services. MPS concerns came from the bank of Uganda report that the telecommunication companies do not fully own the mobile money services. RELATED: Parliament takes over ownership of Chogm ground MPS noted that […]
Parliament is to set a select committee to investigate the errant acts of boda boda associations mainly focusing on boda boda 2010 that is said to be beating and harassing Ugandans. This follows a motion presented by Bunya East mp Waira Kyewalabye Majegere asking parliament to look into conduct of boda boda 2010 that is […]
The persons living with disabilities under the National Union of Disabled Persons Uganda (NUDIPU) demand government to allocate 10% of its jobs to persons with disability. The executive director of the national union of persons with disabilities Uganda Edison Ngirabakunzi said that the last national census reveals that 12.4% of the national population is made up of PWDS which […]
The Auditor General has started carrying out an in-depth audit over the bankruptcy of defunct banks taken over bank of uganda. This came after the parliamentary committee on commissions, statutory Authorities and state enterprises told the Auditor general to interest its self in carrying out a special audit in the processes of defunct bank take […]
Parliament has taken over the ownership of the Chogm ground which they been tussling out with Kampala Capital City Authority . The ownership of the chogm ground has been granted to parliament by the Uganda land commission. Recently KCCA had issued a directive to parliament halting construction of the new parliamentary chambers citing encroaching on […]
Police have asked the public to be vigilant and report cases of stealing motor vehicles for ease of tracking and prosecution of suspects. Police spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police Emilian Kayima said many Ugandans continue to lose motor vehicles to criminals, they are dismantled and sold as scrap. They also modify others through tampering with the chassis numbers and […]
President Yoweri Museveni has called upon Ugandans to adapt commercial agriculture. Speaking at the commissioning of the FOL Rice Farm in Lamoki village, Anaka Sub- County, Nwoya district in Acholi Sub-Region yesterday, the President said that Ugandans needed to understand the difference between modern and local farming. READ: President Museveni Commiserates with landslide victims He observed […]
The chairperson of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, Rose Mutonyi, has called upon Government to utilize Uganda’s plots abroad before they are encroached on. Mutonyi said that, Uganda has got 5000 squares meters of land in Brussels in Belgium ,8900 in Abuja and 1200 square meters in Juba they which are on high risk of […]
The director of public prosecution, Mike Chibita, has asked members of parliament to include in the prevention and prohibition of human sacrifice and harmful practices bill a provision that sentences persons involved in child sacrifice to death. Chibita made the remarks while speaking at a consultative meeting on the proposed prevention and prohibition of human […]
The parliamentary committee on legal and parliamentary affairs is contemplating on whether to call off regional consultative meetings on the presidential age limit bill over financial crisis. The committee after completing getting views from different groups and individuals in kampala had wanted to focus ongoing upcountry to seek public views on this bill which is […]