Nothing but the truth
Nothing but the truth
ANGOLA – The newly elected East African Representative to the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), Thomas Tayebwa has promised to be a strong voice for Africa and called for urgent reforms needed to transform Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. Tayebwa who doubles as the Deputy Speaker of the Ugandan […]
Citizens will be spared from paying sh50,000 for the renewal of their National Identity Cards (IDs) save for those interested in express service, Members of Parliament (MPs) have been assured. The assurance was made by the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. David Muhoozi in a statement to the House on the process of […]
Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has asked the Minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng to bring a statement to Parliament next week responding to the concerns by some Members of Parliaments about the small size of condoms in Uganda. Tayebwa has also tasked the Ministry of Health to make sure that the public is […]
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Ministry of Education and Sports to institute powerful sanctions against schools that are charging exorbitant school fees. The matter landed itself on the floor of Parliament after several complaints from the public with a section of people accusing government of keeping a deaf ear as […]
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has slammed the bureaucratic procurement procedures that cause unnecessary delays in implementing national strategic projects. Tayebwa made the remarks while chairing the plenary sitting on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, following a statement by Fred Byabakama, the State Minister for Transport on the status of Kampala-Jinja Expressway. The Deputy […]
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has applauded a multi-billion government programme that seems to connect more than 1.3 million rural households to the national power grid. According to officials in the Energy ministry, this will be achieved through the Electricity Access Scale-up Project (EASP). At the launch of the project in Mitooma District […]
The two-week-long East African Community (EAC) Inter-Parliamentary Games came to a successful end in Kigali, Rwanda on Monday, 18 December 2023. The closing ceremony that took place at Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village was climaxed by the award of medals in recognition of the best East African parliaments and outstanding individual performances in the annual […]
The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has called on the clergy under the Mbarara Ecclesiastical Province Association (MEPA) to use church structures to eradicate poverty. Tayebwa was the chief pilgrim at the MEPA annual Pilgrimage at Namugongo Martyrs Shrine on Sunday, 12 November 2023. He said the church has authority close to that of government […]
Eng. Tweheyo said that though the plant is currently at 52% production rate, they are spending sh800m monthly only for electricity which is quite a very huge amount. National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has decried the high electricity bills paid to UMEME for running Katosi Water Treatment Plant on a monthly basis. Eng. Joseph […]
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has tasked authorities at Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to explain the delays in the completion of Mpigi-Busega Expressway. Tayebwa who Tuesday led a team of legislators from Physical Infrastructure and National Economy committees on a fact-finding mission, inspected on-going construction works at Katonga Bridge and Mpigi – […]
