Speaker Among Tells Off Equal Opportunities Commission, Public Service, “MPs’ Salary is Not Your Business” 

The Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among has asked the Attorney General to advise the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) and the Public Service that parliament is an independent institution which is not answerable to either of the two commissions. Speaker Among was reacting to a request by the EOC and Public Service to be handed […]

Speaker of Parliament Anita Among Blocks Ssekikubo’s Censure Motion

The Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, has blocked the censure motion against the four backbench Commissioners of Parliament in the controversial sh1.7bn “service award” saga. Lwemiyaga County Member of Parliament, Theodore Ssekikubo and others successfully collected signatures to support a motion to censure parliamentary commissioners Mathias Mpuuga, Prossy Akampurira, Esther Afoyochan, and Solomon Silwany […]

Prof. Ogenga Latigo: Among, Tayebwa don’t deserve Speakership

The first Leader of the Opposition under the restored multi-party system in Uganda, Professor Morris Ogenga Latigo has lashed the current leadership at Parliament. Latigo, the former Agago MP told Uganda Radio Network that Annet Anita Among and her Deputy, Thomas Tayebwa do not deserve to serve in the positions they are currently holding. Ogenga […]

UK Sanctions Gov’t Officials Anita Among, Kitutu, Nandutu Over Corruption

The UK on Tuesday announced sanctions on the Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, and former Ministers, Gorreti Kituti and Agnes Nandutu. The trio is accused of stealing from the poor communities of Karamoja in the infamous iron sheets scandal. Anita Among was among the government officials who had been accused of diverting iron sheets […]

Speaker to Meet President Museveni over Opposition Demands

The Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among has proposed a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni over fresh demands by Opposition legislators regarding the forced disappearance of citizens and human rights violations. The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba presented four fresh demands to the Government on Tuesday to unconditionally release all political […]

Museveni Urges Ugandans to Prioritize Value Addition in 2023/24 Budget Speech

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called upon citizens to listen to his message of adding value to all the country’s raw materials if Uganda is to achieve its economic growth. In his virtual 2023/2024 Budget Speech to Parliament on Thursday June 15, 2023, President Museveni noted that by the end of the coming Financial Year, Uganda’s […]

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