Parliamentary Commitee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs

Electoral Commission tasked to explain why it abandoned the voter’s register

Electoral Commission tasked to explain why it abandoned the voter’s register

The Parliamentary Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has grilled officials from Electoral Commission over the decision to  abandon the national voters’ register and opt for data collected during the National Identification project. According to the committee chaired by Stephen Tashobya, the Electoral Commission was given money and is legally mandated to collect data to […]

Catch the big fish also- MPs tell Mulyagonja

Catch the big fish also- MPs tell Mulyagonja

Members of Parliament on the Parliamentary committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs have quizzed the Inspector General of Government(IGG) Justice Irene Mulyagonja over her failure to catch what they called the big fish stealing public funds and goes for  chicken thieves . Mulyagonja was appearing before the legal committee to defend the IGG’s budget of […]

Uganda Human Rights Commission to purchase boat to monitor Human Rights Violations on Islands

Uganda Human Rights Commission to purchase boat to monitor Human Rights Violations on Islands

The Uganda Human Rights commission is to purchase a boat to monitor human rights violations on islands in the country. The commission in its bid to acquire the boat has submitted to parliament a budget of 120 million shillings for the project. Appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs chaired by Baka […]