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Who is Jane Kibirige, the new clerk to Uganda Parliament?

 President Museveni has given ms Jane Kibirige a four year term as the new clerk to parliament. The Constitution of Uganda gives the President the power of setting the number of years a Clerk shall serve. Ms Kibirige starts work on February 7th 2012. Kibirige has already handed over her former office atMbararaUniversity in preparation […]

Museveni appoints woman to head parliament

President Museveni has appointed a woman as the de-facto chief executive officer of the Uganda Parliamentary service. Ms Jane Kibirige was appointed yesterday. This brings the number of women in the top administration of parliament to three. Others are Rebecca Kadaga, the speaker of parliament and Helen Kaweesa who is the public Relations officer of […]

Paul Wabwire replaces former Clerk to Parliament Aeneas Tandekwire

Former Clerk to parliament Aeneas Tandekwire has been replaced by the parliamentary deputy clerk in charge of administration and services Mr. Chris Kijja and his second deputy Paul Wabwire. The two will run the parliamentary affairs in an acting capacity as the house awaits the official appointment of a substantive clerk to parliament by president […]

Uganda Parliament to host inter parliament union

The Parliament of Uganda will host the 126th Inter Parliamentary Union meeting from March 31 to April 4th, 2012 in Kampala. Uganda Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga tells us that Uganda Parliament is ready to receive the over 1500 delegates from 160 countries during the inter parliament union. Ms Kadaga says that even all Ugandans […]

Nabagereka launches maternal and child health campaign

The queen of Buganda lady Sylvia Nagginda has launched the global fight action on Maternal and child health campaign with an aim of achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The MDGs that are set to be achieved through the campaign include strengthening of gender equitable national health sector action plans, ensuring health plans, reducing maternal deaths […]

Uganda Parliament to get alternate panel of Speakers

Parliament will soon appoint a panel of Speakers to preside over the house in the absence of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. This is contained among several proposals tabled by the Parliament Standing Committee on Rules Privileges and Discipline in parliament . The Committee chaired by West Budama North MP  Fox Odoi proposes that four assistant Speakers […]

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. […]

Women organizations come to Kadaga’s defense over embezzlement allegations

A number of Women organizations have today come out strongly to defend what they termed as the good record of Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga which they say is being soiled by politicians unhappy about the independent way she is handling parliamentary debates. Led y the Uganda Women’s Network, the women organsitions said the recent attacks […]

Clerk to Parliament Aeneas Tandekwire replaced

Former Clerk to parliament Aeneas Tandekwire has been replaced by the parliamentary deputy clerk in charge of administration and services Mr. Chris Kajja and his second deputy Paul Wabwire. The two will run the parliamentary affairs in an acting capacity as the house awaits the official appointment of a substantive clerk to parliament by president […]

Parliament Rules Committee apologises to Vice President

The members of parliament on Rules , privileges and discipline have apologized to the vice president Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi foe directing to him summons to appear the committee to enable them understand whether the refusal of two minister accused of oil bribery not to step aside was a contempt of parliament. The mps on this […]

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