The Parliamentary committee on Natural Resources has forced the ministers of finance and Energy to drop their proposal of using the budgetary allocation for the payment of the arrears owed to the thermal power firms. During a session with the committee, the minister of state for finance Aston Kajara and the minister of Energy Irene […]
The Parliament of Uganda has hailed the government and people of South Sudan upon attaining independence following years of armed struggle. Ajuri County MP Dennis Obua who moved the motion to congratulate the people of South Sudan urged Parliament to commit itself to strengthening existing relations between the Ugandan Parliament and the Parliament of the […]
The approval Members of Parliament to represent Uganda at the Pan African Parliament was this afternoon deferred after some MPs disagreed on the names forwarded for approval. Parliament was expected to approve the designation of the names however some of the legislators, especially from the opposition, rejected the NRM’s choices since they exceeded the […]
Parliament has approved a motion for the creation of a special forum on malaria, the leading single killer disease in Uganda. The motion, presented by Jinja West MP, Moses Balyeku, seeks for the establishment of the forum to tackle issues to do with malaria in the country. Balyeku noted that malaria is one of the […]
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked government to come up with a statement explaining what is being done to contain the lightning that is going on and killing people across the country. This was after a number of mps including Linda Timbigambe of kyenjojo district, Abdul Katuntu, wadri kasiano and Alice Alaso were […]
Makerere university don Prof John jean Barya has called for the re-instatement of the term limits in Uganda. Barya made his remarks during the post election induction seminar for the members of the 9th parliament in Kampala. Barya said that the removal of the presidential term limits is dangerous to any country since it exposes the president to […]
Ndorwa west MP David Bahati has cautioned fellow Members of Parliament against being confused by their political party caucuses and colours. According to MP Bahati, despite having numerous caucuses in parliament, fellowship with God; code named as ‘Caucus of God’ is the strongest which shall continue to bind legislators together. Bahati was speaking as organizing […]
The prime minister also the NRM secretary general has revealed that he will be missing in parliament unlike his predecessor but says that the his deputy will be there all the time to handle party issues as well as caucus matters. In the NRM first caucus meeting of the 9th parliament Mbabazi revealed that he […]
The Parliament has apologized to journalists after MPs threw out scribes last week when they were discussing their welfare, including their brand new vehicles. The apology follows complaints from the public over the new parliament led by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga’s decision to chase the media when discussing increasing their emoluments. Addressing a press […]
The process of approving the 75 appointed ministers kick off Tuesday this week by the parliamentary Appointments committee. This was confirmed by the parliaments’ Public Relations officer Hellen Kawesa while addressing journalists at parliament. She said that the scrutiny of the ministers CVs and experience will begin at 10 Am in the committee that shall […]