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Parliament Vets Rtd. Col Basaliza, Two Other UHRC Commissioners
The Parliament of Uganda has vetted former Burahya Member of Parliament Rtd. Col. Stephen Basaliza aka Omudumiizi a Commissioner of the Human Rights Commission (UHRC). Last week, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni re-appointed Basaliza back to the Commission together with former Kassanda South Member of Parliament Simeo Nsubuga and Omara Apita, a former Commissioner for Sports…
Parliament Vets Newly Appointed Ambassadors
The Appointments Committee of Parliament on Friday vetted the newly appointed Ugandan Ambassadors to different foreign missions. Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among chaired the committee. An ambassador is the President’s highest-ranking representative to a specific nation or international organization abroad. They play a key role in coordinating the socio-economic and political activities that are…
Parliament To Pass New Markets Bill To End Traders Conflicts
Parliament has granted Workers MP, Hon Margret Rwabushaija, leave of the House to introduce a Private Member’s Bill entitled, “The Markets Bill, 2021” that seeks harmonise the running of markets across the country. The Bill seeks to repeal and replace The 1942 Markets Act, CAP. 94 in order to provide for comprehensive legal and economic…
Parliament To Investigate Naguru-Nakawa Land Saga Again
Parliament is set to conduct another investigation into the controversial Naguru-Nakawa land after conducting a similar investigation into the same subject in the 10th Parliament. The latest investigation was pronounced by Deputy Speaker, Anita Among during the plenary sitting where she announced a nine member ad hoc Committee that would investigate the matter that has bogged…
Parliament To Investigate MPs Engaging In Dubious Deals
Word coming in from our Spies in the corridors of power indicate that the Parliament of Uganda is infested with several Members of Parliament who are indulging themselves in dubious deals from which they pocket hundreds of millions of shillings. According to our Spies, there are MPs who are using their positions to seal all…
Parliament To Consider Bill Recognising Indigenous Communities
Parliament has granted leave to Kibanda South MP, Jacob Karubanga to introduce a Private Member’s Bill entitled, the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, seeking to recognise five indigenous communities. The Bill when introduced seeks to amend the Third Schedule to the Constitution to recognise the Bakingwe, Sabot, Bahaya, Maragoli and Mososhek. While moving the motion on Thursday,…
Parliament Tasks Telecoms To Offer Better Data & Voice Bundles
Members of Parliament have urged telecommunication service providers to adopt more friendly data and voice bundles. This, according to the MPs, is intended to ensure that consumers of communication services get quality, reliable and affordable communication services to widen Information Communication Technology (ICT) penetration as a key driver of economic growth. While chairing the House…
Parliament Suspicious Of Continuous BoU Recapitalization
The chairperson of Finance Committee of Parliament Hon. Henry Musasizi is suspicious that the government could be siphoning funds meant for the recapitalization of the Central Bank. He disclosed his suspicions during a meeting between legislators on the Budget Committee, officials from the Ministry of Finance and the National Planning Authority led by Finance Minister,…
Parliament Suspends Sittings Over LC Elections Impasse
Speaker Anita Among has adjourned Parliament sittings to an unknown date over the impasse of Local Council (LC) elections. “I am not going to continue on something that is an illegality. Government must advise the country on the way forward. We need a position of government, not to continue speculating,” Among said while presiding over…
Parliament Suspends New Lower Secondary School Curriculum
Parliament has halted the implementation of the revised lower secondary curriculum, which among others scrapped termly examinations. The decision followed an extensive debate on the ministerial statement presented by the state minister for Primary Education, Rosemary Sseninde on the matter during plenary on Tuesday.Last week, the deputy speaker of parliament, Jacob Oulanyah directed the Education minister…