Members of Parliament have demanded for allocation of sufficient funds to the sports sector to nurture talent sports sector development . MPs pledged to use their power to allocate more funds to the sports sector even if government fails to allocate much money. Members of parliament are concerned that government promised to give some allowances but this promise was not […]
The Parliamentary Budget Committee chaired by Bulambuli County MP Wamakuyu Mudimi has rejected the proposal of the Finance committee to appropriate funds for the Presidential Initiatives on Banana industrial development (PIBID). The Chairperson of the finance committee Robert Kasule Sebunya had been appearing before the Budget committee which is scrutinizing the budget requesting MPs on the […]
Public accounts committee of parliament have directed ministry of internal affairs officials to produce before the committee the progress and performance report of the 1st phase of the Uganda population data base identification project. According to the auditor general’s report of 2009/2010 the ministry officials failed to produce the progress reports even after claiming to […]
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics needs over 100 billion shillings to conduct the population census next year. This was revealed by the bureau’s executive director John Male while appearing before the parliamentary committees on finance and national economy. Male said that a supplementary budget of 25billion is needed in addition to the 7 billion for […]
Health activists are to meet lawmakers next week to devise mechanisms of how to drastically reduce infant and maternal mortality. The planned meeting comes at a time when more women and children continue to die due to preventable deaths. The coordinator child health now campaign at World Vision Richard Kintu says they want policy makers […]
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The US deputy Ambassador to Uganda Madam Virginia Blaser has criticized the government of Uganda for reducing budget allocation to the health sector at the time when HIV/AIDS prevalence is reported to on the increase. Blaser notes that that government action is contrary to the Abuja declaration requiring government to commit 15% of its budget […]
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The members of the External Security Organisation (ESO) have reported to the statehouse in Kampala that the FDC members in the diaspora and party donors sent money to FDC leadership in Kampala for staging anti government rallies. But the Police have warned people in FDC who are plotting to hold demonstrations to drop the […]