former Presidential candidate Sam Walter Lubega and his group called National Alliance for Change (NAC) have castigated the speaker Rebecca Kadaga accusing her of snubbing their request for an appointment with her to hand in their petition on political reforms. According to Lubega, since December last year, the group has tried to reach out to […]
The ministry for defense has failed to produce a letter from the south sudan president salva kiir requesting the UPDF to deploy in war-torn South Sudan. Last week, defense minister Chrispus Kiyonga told a special sitting of parliament chaired by speaker Rebecca Kadaga that the deployment was prompted by a request from South Sudanese president […]
Born again churches have asked The NRM Mps to stand their position on Anti gay bill. Addressing a press conference this afternoon at parliament pastor Martin SSempa of Makerere community church, Pastor Joseph SSerwadda of victory Christian center joined by MP John mulimba samia Bugwe North asked the NRM legislators not to hide to pressure […]
Starting next year and beyond, the national agriculture research organization (NARO) intends to roll out seed banks to different parts of the country at local levels to supplement the two that are currently existing in the country in Entebbe and Sheema district. The seed banks are used to keep different seed types for future use […]
Opposition MPs are petitioning the Uganda law society over the conduct of the attorney general peter Nyombi. The legislators led by kyadondo east MP SSemujju Nganda wants the law society to take disciplinary action against Nyombi for not only misadvising the Government but also for attacking the judge of the high court Yasin Nyanzi. The […]
The former executive of Federation of Uganda Football Association – FUFA has informed the parliamentary committee on education that the football association was registered as a private company in order to be able to own property. Former FUFA president, John Baptist Ssemanoba told the committee that this was done after consultation with federation of international […]
President Museveni has attacked regional politicians who divide people along tribal lines. He called for a regional seminar where leaders should debate this matter of tribalism which he said is fueling conflicts in the region hence retarding development. The president made the tactical remarks while addressing the East African Legislative Parliament chaired by speaker Margret […]
Workers Representative in Parliament Stephen Alinaitwe Rwakajara is blaming the Minister of Finance of blocking his efforts to present a Private members Bill on Minimum Wage for Workers in Uganda. Addressing the Press at Parliament Rwakajara said he sought permission from Parliament to process the Bill but said it’s unfortunate the Ministry of Finance has […]
The long awaited Anti corruption bill 2013 that seeks to amend the Anti-Corruption Act, 2009 which has been criticized for not being sufficient to fight corruption will be ready for parliament to debate in two weeks time as soon as the house returns from recess. The chairperson of the legal affairs committee scrutinizing the bill […]
The public accounts committee has detected 28.6 billion shillings which was requested by the ministry of public service to pay ghost pensioners. The committee chaired by Terego county member of parliament Kasiano Wadri while meeting the Acting permanent secretary Adah Kabarokole Muwanga noted that the ministry requested for 71.4 billion shillings to clear pension liabilities […]