The chairperson of the Parliamentary Forum on Education Rosemary Sseninde has asked government to review the free education policy which she partly blames the poor quality of the service delivery in education sector . Speaking at the Launch of the UWEZO report on the quality of primary education, Sseninde said that the mentality that education […]
Speaker of Parliament Rebecca orders for investigations against MPs over allegations that some legislators received bribes to support the Biotechnology Bill that seeks to promote use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Uganda. This is the second consecutive investigation Kadaga is calling against MPs for alleged bribery in a move that appears intended to stave […]
Parliament has rejected claims that government had a monopoly of moving a motion to pay tribute to the former south African president late Nelson Mandela. This came after the cabinet disowned the resolution passed by parliament for MPS to pay tribute to Mandela because of its absence yesterday claiming that parliament should have waited until […]
vMakerere University Business school (MUBS ) told the public accounts committee that the Uganda land commission caused the university to lose its prime land of 13 acres in Bugolobi. The vice chancellor Makerere Business School Waswa Balunywa while appearing before the committee chaired by Paul Mwiru to answer Auditor General queries and explain circumstances in […]
Police is in talks with the Demoratic Republic of Congo to ensure that self exiled Bubulo West Member of parliament Tony Nsubuga Kipoi is deported. The deputy inspector general of police Okoth Ochola told the committee of rules and discipline which is investigating the mp’s conduct that police is working with security forces in DRC […]
Army commander General Katumba wamala has warned retired Army officers to avoid engaging in unconstitutional means to achieve their political ambition. He has warned them not to tarnish the image of UPDF which they have been serving because it has groomed them to their success. He was decorating over 30 army officers at Mbuya. 4 […]
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has today been forced to direct the house committee on rules and discipline to investigate allegations that several members of parliament are involved in soliciting for bribes to murder important house debates. This comes after allegations reportedly made by Kyankwanzi woman MP Ann Maria Nankabirwa last Thursday during NRM […]
On Human Rights Day, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project commemorates the 65th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and yesterday’s 15th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders and calls on states to intensify their efforts to fulfill their responsibility to promote and protect all human […]
MPS on Public accounts committee demand the education service commission to cause the recruitment of more teachers in schools which are experiencing teachers shortage across the country. The demand came as MPS were meeting officials from the Education service commission. MPS Eddie Kwizera , Margaret Kiboijana said that schools are understaffed because the Education service […]
The Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi noted that Nelson Mandela has been a great man not only in South Africa but on the entire African Continent and the whole world. He made the remarks while signing in the condolence book that has been put at parliament where members of parliament and the public are recording […]