Abdallah Kiwanuka (Mukono North) also challenged the government to explain the security forces’ new dress code, specifically the practice of covering their entire faces with hoods. Parliament’s Defence and Internal Affairs Committee has grilled top management of the Uganda Police Force over concerns regarding the functionality of the National CCTV Systems Project. The meeting, chaired […]
Parliament has approved a proposal to borrow $18.09 million (sh66 billion) as additional financing for the expansion of the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI). The government argues that this investment would save Ugandans from spending over sh1.094 trillion annually on seeking cancer treatment abroad, particularly in India, the United States, and other nations. The approval followed […]
The Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament has called for the establishment of a Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) Centre in Burundi, one of the East African Community countries in the south of Uganda. By asking for a UNEB centre in Burundi, the legislators aim at reducing the cost of transporting learners from Burundi to Uganda […]
Government has distanced itself from the violence that has been witnessed during the recent campaigns for the Kawempe North by-elections saying the actions of individuals britalising citizens aren’t state sanctioned and proposed to have the perpetrators held liable for their actions. Right from the day National Unity Platform (NUP) flag bearer, Erias Luyimbaazo Nalukoola was […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among has announced her intention to seek re-election as the Speaker in the 12th Parliament while also revealing plans to retire from active politics after serving a second term. She made the announcement during the 2nd sitting of the Women’s Parliament, where over 400 women leaders gathered to discuss […]
The Director of Research at the National Coffee Research Institute (NaCORI) Dr. Geoffrey Arinaitwe has assured Members of Parliament sitting on the parliamentary committee of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries that the institute has so far developed ten lines of modern coffee varieties which are high yielding, resistant to the climate change conditions, pests and […]
A heated exchange unfolded in Parliament on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja openly criticized Leader of the Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi. The tension began when Ssenyonyi notified Parliament about the release of seven National Unity Platform (NUP) leaders who had been abducted by security forces. Ssenyonyi expressed concerns about the raid on the NUP headquarters, […]
Speaker Anita Annet Among has asked the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja to consider including a provision in Parliament’s budget to cover medical treatment abroad and burial expenses for former MPs, saying the demands for these items are overwhelming Parliament. She made the remarks during yesterday’s plenary sitting while reacting to a request by Phyllis Chemutai […]
Whether out of desperation, inability to cope with the commoners’ lifestyle, missing the red carpet type of lifestyle, or genuinely responding to voters’ outcries for the mistakes they (voters) made in dropping former National Resistance Movement (NRM) ‘darlings’, the now undoubted (and almost official) stand is that over ten former ministers are determined head-over-heels to […]
The government has admitted that the situation of the former presidential candidate, Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye is alarming. This was during Tuesday’s plenary sitting in which the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among questioned the government side about steps taken to comply with the Supreme Court directive of 31st January 2025, regarding the unconstitutional trial of […]