Renowned anti-gay activist Pastor Martin Sempa has appealed to the Parliamentary legal affairs Committee to expeditiously pass the Anti- Homosexuality bill. During his submission to the Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Sempa says that they agreed under the Uganda Joint Christian Council to remove the death penalty from the bill because it was not […]
The committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has started conducting public hearings on the anti-homosexuality bill. According to the committee chairperson, Stephen Tashobya the bill has generated a lot of interests from the public and the members of parliament and that’s why they have decided to give it time before the 8th Parliament ends its […]
Students from different institutions of higher learning have petitioned the speaker of parliament Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi over un fairness in the government scholarship scheme. According to Jorum Kisembo who represented other students said that the government scholarship scheme has failed to play its role and therefore it should be dropped. He said that the scheme in its […]
The parliamentary committee on agriculture has finalized its public hearing on the plant and variety protection bill 2010. Speaking after meeting with the state minister of agriculture animal husbandry Bright Rwamirama the committee chairperson Grace Tibwita said that the committee is doing everything possible to see that the bill is presented to parliament for the […]
Members of parliament on the committee of Defense and Internal Affairs are demanding for the resetting up of a rehabilitation Centre for drug addicts. The committee vice chairperson Milton Muhuma says the arrest and penalizing of those found abusing drugs is not enough in eliminating drug abuse in the country. Muhuma says there is need […]
Parliament has put the Defense Ministry Permanent Secretary Rosette Byangoma to task over the government’s purchase of warplanes without consulting parliament. Byengoma says that the money was received from the Central Bank but in form of a loan whose source of paying it was uncertain to her. Byangoma, however, requested parliament not to task her […]
By Mugisa Isaac Mathias Members of Parliament have called for an audit of the National Water and Sewage Corporation, one of the few surviving government parastatals in Uganda. The demand comes after certain issues raised by whistle blowers which point at corruption, financial impropriety and abuse of office by top official of the water body. […]
Members of Uganda Parliament have demanded for an explanation from government regarding the cutting down of trees planted during the preparation of the Common Wealth Heads of Government Meeting along Entebbe road. The Shadow Minister for Environment Beatrice Anywar told Parliament that cutting down the trees is a misuse of taxpayers’ money because funds were allocated to plant the […]
The Uganda Parliamentary Committee on Social Services has directed all Uganda districts to purchase at least 70% of their drugs from the government controlled National Medical Stores (NMS) as opposed to buying them from private drug companies. The Member of Parliament for Bunya West, also a member of the committee Aggrey Henry Bagiire told journalists at […]
Members of the Pan African Parliament have agreed to discuss the transformation of the Pan African Parliament from a mere advisory body into a fully fledged arm of the African Union (AU) to enable it influence issues and policies. The Deputy Speaker of the Pan African Parliament Mary Mugyenyi told journalists at Uganda Parliament that […]