Parliament has amended section 34, sub rule (1) of the Rules of procedure pushing the Prime Minister’s question time to Thursday of the week from Wednesday on justification that the Minister cannot beat the traffic jam on Entebbe road to attend the Parliamentary proceedings in time. The proposal was moved by the government Chief Whip, […]
Government has urged Parliament to come up with strategies on ending teenage pregnancies which it says is still high among the girl child in Uganda. The Minister of State for Planning, David Bahati, while presenting a statement during the World Population Day in Kampala said Parliamentarians can play a crucial role in ending the vice […]
The Kasese Members of Parliament led by the Opposition Chief Whip, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, insist that the attack and killing of civilians by UPDF and police officers was unnecessary and avoidable and that such incidences should not ever happen again in the near future. The MPs who included: Bukonjo East Halord Muhindo, Kasese Municipality MP, […]
Government Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa, says she will not deter NRM Members of Parliament from getting money meant to buy cars. This comes after her counterpart the Opposition Chief Whip, Ibrahim Semujju Nganda, on Tuesday informed the media that FDC had stopped its Members of Parliament from receiving the 200 million shillings meant to buy cars […]
Parliament has given the Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Kahinda Otafire an ultimatum of two weeks in order to furnish the house with the status of the elections of village councils. The directive was issued by the deputy speaker of parliament after opposition MPs who included; Mukono municipality MP, Betty Nambooze ,Busiro East MP Medard Segoona […]
Opposition chief whip Cecilia Cecilia Ogwal Atim has criticized government for continuing to detain suspects beyond 48 hours. Ogwal who is also the Woman MP for Dokolo district said that government agencies should be mindful to laws so as they respect the rights of suspects. This follows the arrest of Kilak County MP, Gilbert Olanya, for inciting violence over […]
The Deputy Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah today, presided over the administration of the oath of allegiance taken by the oldest serving politician in Uganda at the moment and the new Minister of State for Regional Cooperation Philemon Mateke. Mateke took the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Member of Parliament to the post […]