The parliamentary presidential committee has asked the minister for presidency to find more funds the increase the budget of the Internal Security Organization. The committee chairperson Jesica Ababiku moved the motion amidst strong opposition from several MPs who are against passing the budget of the presidency minus facilitating ISO. This was after Mbayo told the […]
Government has resolved to phase out the supply of free planting materials and animals to farmers after noticing losses. This was revealed by the minister of Agriculture, Vincent sempijja, while meeting with the seed companies, the parliamentary committee on Agriculture and officials from operation wealth creation at parliament. Sempijja said that government will attach a […]
There was an exchange of bitter words between the minister of Lands, housing and Urban Development Hon Betty Among with the former Tooro Kingdom Prime minister Irumba Stephen erupting from the land on which Kyaka II Resettlement Camp in Kyegegwa district is situated. The minister who had gone to lay strategies of surveying this land […]
The National Resistance Army (NRA) historicals have been told to pick their benefits from Luwero triangle ministry including President Yoweri Museveni for having participated in the war that led in the NRA government into power. The minister of state for Luwero triangle Dennis Galabuzi said that his ministry agreed to give one off gratuity of […]
The parliamentary committee on Science and Technology has warned that the continued delay in signing of the National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill, 2012 into law exposes the lives of Ugandans to serious repercussions. Last month, the bill that seeks to provide a regulatory framework that facilitates the safe development and application of biotechnology, research, development […]
The shortage of blood in the country has reportedly spread to regional Hospitals. This follows reported cases of blood shortage in the central regional mainly Hospitals in Kampala because of the referral status and population. The affected districts that are facing a high risk of mortality as a result of lack of blood include Arua,Gulu,Mbale […]
President Yoweri Museveni has today met an old friend Dr. Pierre Perrin, formerly working with the International Committee of the Red Cross, abducted by NRA and expelled by government forces in 1984 at the height of the NRA liberation struggle in Luwero triangle. “To my old friend Dr. Perrin of the Red Cross whom I […]
The member of parliament for Labwor county in Abim district, Micheal Ayepa, has tasked the Uganda national examinations board executive secretary Dan Odongo to release the primary leaving results of her daughter. Ayepa made the demand as the executive secretary was appearing before the parliamentary education committee of parliament chaired by Mbale woman MP, Connie […]
Uganda Police Force requires 1.2 trillion shillings for the next financial year 2018/19 to curb crimes, increase capacity of police officers and improve public image of the force. The Undersecretary of the police force Rogers Muhirwa said that the force has instead been allocated 514 billion shillings, a shortfall of 721 billion shillings which will […]
The ministry of trade and cooperatives has signed a memorandum of understanding with Turkish private company SAA investments to assist them boost cotton production in the country. The minister of state for trade, Micheal Werikhe, notes that cotton farmers have been facing a number of challenges raging from poor seedlings and limited markets which he […]