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MPs Task Govt To Increase Budget For EAC Ministry
Parliament’s Committee on East African Community Affairs has tasked the finance ministry to prioritise funding for the Ministry of East African Community Affairs. Committee members say low budget allocation to the ministry has affected its capacity to discharge its key activities on national and regional level. The committee chairperson, Hon. Noeline Basemera, said the budgeting…
M7 Meets High Command Over Karamoja Cattle Rustling,Operation Shujja
President Museveni who is also the Commander in Chief (CIC) of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF)has met with the country’s Security High Command. The security’s top brass discussed the country’s successful handling of several pandemics including COVID 19, Locusts, Operation Shujaa and the security situation in the Karamoja region. He commended the UPDF for…
Controversy As Finance Ministry Allocates More 319Bn On Stalled Lubowa Specialised Hospital
Members of Parliament have demanded for a status report of the International Specialised Hospital in Lubowa. The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has directed the Prime Minister to give government’s position on the status of construction of the International Specialised Hospital in Lubowa, Wakiso district along the Kampala-Entebbe Road. “A team went to the construction…
Min Oboth Meets UN Special Envoy To The Great Lakes Region Over ADF Threats
The State Minister of Defence in Charles of General Duties, Hon.Jacob Oboth-Oboth has met the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Great Lakes region, H.E. Huang Xia at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters in Mbuya. During the meeting, Hon. Oboth and H.E. Huang Xia discussed issues of regional peace and security…
KCCA Seeks 17 Bn To Cater For Allowances Of Political Leaders
The committee for remuneration of Kampala city councilors took centre stage when officials from Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) appeared before the Committee on Presidential Affairs on Wednesday, 13 March 2022. Led by the State Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs, Hon. Kabuye Kyofatogabye, the KCCA officials were defending their ministerial policy statement for financial…
Fuel Crisis: Kenya Deports Rubis CEO Jean Bergeron Over ‘Economic Sabotage’
The government of Kenya Wednesday signed deportation papers for Rubis Energie Kenya Managing Director Jean-Christian Bergeron as it fought back against oil marketers it accused of abetting a petroleum crisis through hoarding and higher exports despite shortages in their domestic retail outlets. High-ranking government sources told the Nation that the MD is accused of economic…
DIGP Maj Gen Katsigazi Decries Rampant Vandalism Of Police CCTV Cameras,Cables
The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Tumusime Katsigazi has paid a visit to the Central Police Station in Kampala where he was taken through the Security installations in place like the CCTV Monitoring centre, and the building which was affected by the recent twin bombings. To this , the DIGP directed the Director…
Parliament Cancels Illegal Leases On Uganda Railways Land
Parliament in its report from the Committee on Commissions Statutory Authority and State Enterprises (COSASE) has directed that leases on Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) land be cancelled. Presenting the report of the committee during the plenary on Wednesday, 13 April 2022, the Chairperson, Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi said that over time, different district land boards in…
Busted: How Suspended Rubaga Councilors Over Indiscipline Are Secretly Launching Campaign To Censure Speaker Musah Mbazira
A group of councilors from Rubaga division who were suspended from the council sessions last month over indiscipline have launch a secret campaign to censure the speaker of Musa Mbazira. The 25 councilors who included the Rubaga Mayor and his deputy Fugge Rehema were suspended for indiscipline during the council session held on March 12th…
Omoro County By-election: Six Candidates Express Interest In Replacing Late Speaker Jacob Oulanyah
Six people have expressed interest in vying for the Omoro County parliamentary seat in Omoro district. The seat fell vacant following the death of former legislator and Speaker of Parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah on March 20, 2022, in Seattle in the United States of America. Last week, the Electoral Commission set May 26, 2022, as…