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Kadaga wants every child to have an identity of where they belong

Kadaga wants every child to have an identity of where they belong

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has expressed fear over the lack of identity of the children living in foster homes. Kadaga made these remarks at a breakfast meeting organised by the SOS Children’s Villages Uganda at the Kampala Serena Hotel, on Wednesday, 21st September 2016. The meeting was organized for chief executives of different corporate […]

Parliamentary commission seeks to offer lunch and tea allowance to MPs

Parliamentary commission seeks to offer lunch and tea allowance to MPs

The parliamentary commission is seeking for funds to give each Member of Parliament 2 million shillings for tea and lunch, though the commission officials while appearing before the committee failed to explain a proposed plan by the commission to give Members of Parliament tea and lunch of 2 million shillings per month. The commission appeared […]

CSO petition for salary cuts for all MPs dodging parliamentary sittings

CSO petition for salary cuts for all MPs dodging parliamentary sittings

Civil society organizations under the Anti corruption coalition Uganda have petitioned the parliamentary commission headed by speaker Kadaga calling it to cut the salaries of all those MPs who dodge parliamentary sittings. In a petition they handed over to one of the parliamentary commissioners also Bukedea women MP Rose Akol by executive director of the […]

Speaker Kadaga considers revert to pay by attendance in Parliament

Speaker Kadaga considers revert to pay by attendance in Parliament

The Parliamentary Commission should revert to the previous system of payment based on Members’ attendance, the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga said. “One mistake we made was to consolidate pay. We need to go back to the old system such that Members feel the pinch (when they do not attend sittings),” said Kadaga. Kadaga, […]

Concerned citizens protest over MPs car money

  Four concerned citizens have protested outside parliament north wing over the money which was given to new mps to buy cars. The four were holding placards written on “mps are heartless and shame less; others had words like mps are u with the people or against them”. They are accusing the mps of robbing […]

Kadaga appeals for early cancer screening

The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has called for a mandatory tasting for cancer in Uganda as way of combating the disease in the country. Speaking at the inauguration of health week in the parliamentary commission Kadaga said that the proposal for mandatory tasting was made last year but government is yet to take action. […]