The National Drug Authority has assured Ugandans and the international community that condoms available in Uganda were adequately tested and are safe for use. NDA Spokesperson Fredrick Ssekkyana says that the country has equipment for detecting substandard condoms and drugs. This follows an incident early this week in which a whistle blower who had petitioned […]
The Member of Parliament for Buvuma county Migadde Ndugwa has asked government to work out a programme to eliminate fake seeds which have flooded Ugandan market. Speaking to journalists at parliament migadde said that farmers buy packed seeds from shops recommended by government and used to supply seeds to farmers in NAADS programme but the […]
The state minister for planning Matia Kasaija has disagreed with mps on the National economy committee over the country’s population size with MPs insisting that a large population is a threat to the country’s development and proper planning. While discussing vision 2040 plan by the national planning authority the mps said that the large population is eating into the country’s growth […]
The civil society groups have reported that Uganda is off track in the fight against AIDS despite the funding from development partners. Speaking a head of the Country’s joint Annual AIDS review that started this morning, Health activists noted that over the past five years the HIV prevalence rates in Uganda have risen from 6.4 […]
The government of Uganda is planning of recruit a total of 6174 health workers who will include Doctors, Theatre staff, Nursing Assistant and Enrolling Midwives nursing Assistants at Health centers 3s and Health center 4s. This comes after parliament approved 39 billion out of 260 billion including the salary enhancement and recruitment of Health workers […]
Several members of parliament, staffs, soldiers and voters are feared to have contracted the deadly HIV/AIDS following alleged government’s decision to supply defective condoms to the masses. In fact, already a suit against government Attorney General and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has been tabled before the high court seeking court orders against government […]
Mps on the National Economy committee have grilled officials of Bank of Uganda led by the Director in charge of supervision Justine Bagyenda over looking on as commercial banks are causing businesses to close down by charging high interest rates. Appearing before the committee chaired by Buliisa county Stephen mukitale wondered how commercial banks charge […]
The Member of Parliament for Samia Bugwe North in Busia district Julius maganda has demanded government to stock hospitals with drugs as it used to be at the beginning of the Uganda’s independence. Maganda told journalists at parliament that from 1963 to 1973 the hospitals used to be with drugs to cater for all the […]
Members of parliament are still opposed to the Uganda Vision 2040 proposed by the National Planning Authority. The mps who were interfacing with officials from national planning authority at parliament said that the said vision was not got from the NPA officials but from the executive that lack expertise. They say that such a long […]
Members of NRM caucus have failed to agree on petroleum and oil development bill that is currently being debated by parliament. In an impromptu caucus meeting chaired today by the party’s chief whip Justine Lumumba, members failed to harmonize the amendments proposed by the natural resources committee, and individual members including Theodore Ssekikubo and […]