Parliament passed the budget for the financial year 2015/16 worth 24.9 trillion shillings moving from 14.9 trillion shillings of the last financial year. Government will finance 86 % of the 2015/16 budget with 14 % coming from donors. The passed budget gives the ministries which include Defense, Energy, and Health and Works trillions of money […]
The executive director SEATINI-Uganda, Ambassador Nathan Irumba, is cautioning governments of developing countries to desist from subjecting farmers to foreign dependence as this will drastically cause negative effects to agricultural development in these countries with Uganda being among them. According to Ambassador Irumba the continued importation of various agriculture policies from developed countries will not at any time help the […]
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga launched the Menstrual Hygiene Charter, which seeks to promote hygiene and the rights of the girl-child in Uganda. This was during celebrations to mark the International Menstruation Day with celebrations held at parliament. During the launch, the Speaker called on government to support menstrual hygiene and provide sanitary pads […]
Officials of the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development appeared before the Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts over the failure to put in place guidelines regulating the legal guardianship which is used to illegally export children. Members of Parliament on the committee chaired by Serere district woman MP Alice Alaso put to task the […]
Former FDC President Besigye Kizza has today been besieged at his home by police preventing him to move to parliament where he was meant to present views on electoral reforms. He said the acts by police are unlawful. Speaking to him from his home today, Besigye blames police for being a political actor for the current regime […]
The probe into allegations of torture of Ugandan girls in Iraq is almost complete. The parliamentary committee on gender labor and social developments has entered the final stages of its investigations into the petition by the Ugandan girls that were reportedly tortured in Iraq. The chairperson of the committee William Nokrach has told journalists that […]
The Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has called for regular attendance and effective time management by the legislators. This she says will help reduce the heavy backlog which has affected the parliamentary Calendar. In her opening remarks as Parliament reopened on Tuesday, Kadaga observed that a lot of business scheduled for completion by the end of the […]
Members of Parliament who were behind the move for the recall of parliament are not about to give up. With just a day to the resumption of parliament, the group says they are to petition the whole house. Speaking to journalists at parliament, one of the members who spearheaded the move Medard Lubega Segona said […]
The Speaker of Parliament denies bowing to pressure from the executive over the recall petition. According to Parliament’s Public Relations Officer Helen Kawesa, the speaker Rebecca Kadaga denies having made the decision not to recall parliament from recess due to unbearable pressure from the executive. In a statement, Kawesa says the speaker will make a […]
Parliament has not received any official communication from court on the nullification of the election of Luwero Woman Member of parliament Brenda Nabukenya. The high court last week nullified Nabukenya’s election following a petition by her political rival Rebecca Nalwanga. Speaking to journalists parliament’s public relations officer Helen Kawesa says even if one’s election is […]