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Cecilia Ogwal asks African youth to shun homosexuality

Cecilia Ogwal asks African youth to shun homosexuality

Parliamentary Commissioner and Dokolo Woman MP, Cecilia Atim Ogwal, has asked African youth to reject foreign cultures and traditions including homosexuality as they prepare to take up leadership positions on the continent. Speaking at the opening of the 4th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Africa Region) Youth Parliament held at Hotel Africana in Kampala, Hon. Ogwal warned […]

Parliament honors Uganda She Cranes

Parliament honors Uganda She Cranes

Parliament on Tuesday this week  passed a resolution recorganising the Uganda She Cranes for winning 2017 Africa Netball Championship and urging government to construct the national netball play ground for the national netball team. The motion recorgansing the she crane contribution was moved by the Woman MP for Masindi district, Jalia Bintu and seconded by […]

SACCO members want government to scrap taxes on their savings

SACCO members want government to scrap taxes on their savings

Proprietors of SACCOs across the country have urged government to scrap taxes against them to enable their members prosper at a higher rate through their various activities that they set up. The board chairperson on one of the SACCOs under the names of Shuuku SACCO ltd, Stephen Bongonzya, while appearing before Parliament’s committee on finance […]

Uganda MPs call for execution of child sacrifice convicts

The Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Children has called for public executions of people convicted of child sacrifice so as to deter future incidents of child sacrifice. The Secretary General of the Uganda parliamentary forum on children, Benson Obua told journalists at Uganda Parliament that the practice is widespread and needs serious remedies inform of heavy […]