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Parliament Approves UGX1.7 Trillion Loan Request
Members of Parliament have approved a request by the government to borrow $464 million (about Shs1.7 trillion) to finance infrastructure and development needs of the budget despite objection from the opposition, who say the loan terms are unfair. Referred to Parliament’s Committee on National Economy on Tuesday, the loan is to be sourced from Standard…
Parliament Approves UGX1.2 Trillion Loan For Electricity Connections
The Parliament of Uganda has approved another request by the Government to borrow up to US$331.5 million approximately Shillings 1.242 trillion from the International Development Association– IDA of the World Bank Group to support the electricity access scale-up project. The legislators passed the unanimous resolution following a motion moved by the Minister of State for…
Parliament Approves More UGX 618Bn Supplementary Budget
The Parliament of Uganda has approved a supplementary budget of 617.97 billion Shillings for the 3rd June Martyrs’ day activities, classified expenditure, and Uganda People’s Defence Forces –UPDF operations in Congo. The approval followed a request by Henry Musasizi, the Minister of State for Finance –General Duties. The supplementary budget is for this financial year…
Parliament Approves 5 High Court Judges
The appointments committee of Parliament has approved five justices to the High Court and Court of Appeal. Justice Luswata Kavuma Eve and Gashirabake have been approved for court of appeal while Christopher Tom Chemutai, Lawrence Tweyanze, Vincent Wangona, Alice Komuhangi and Florence Nabachwa are for High court. The five justices were appointed by President Museveni…
Parliament Approve UGX 266 Billion Loan For Heart Institute
Parliament has approved a US$70 million loan for the construction of a state of the art facility to house the Uganda Heart institute. A loan request brought by government to collectively borrow US$70 million from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, Saudi Fund for Development and the Opec Fund for International Development sailed…
Parliament Appoints Committee To Probe Naguru Land― Is Junior Lands Minister, Sam Mayanja In Trouble For ‘Impersonating’ Nabakooba?
Junior Lands State Minister, Sam Mayanja could be in trouble as Parliament starts a probe into his handling of allocations of the government-owned land in the prime Naguru suburb. While chairing the plenary on Tuesday, 01st March 2022, the Deputy Speaker, Rt. Hon Anita Among, decried the confusion related to the Naguru – Nakawa land…
Parliament App To Enhance Public Accessibility To Plenary Business-Kadaga
Parliament of Uganda is set to diversify the use of technology in an effort to enhance public participation in plenary and committee proceedings, and other activities of the House. This follows Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga’s directive to the ICT team at Parliament to develop a mobile application that will see Parliament ably achieve this. The development…
Parents Tasked To Pay For School Property Destroyed In Strike
Parents of St John Comprehensive Secondary School Kaliiro in Lyantonde District have been asked to repair and replace the property that was destroyed in a students’ strike. On Sunday, students held a strike accusing the administration of feeding them poor quality food and high-handedness the teachers among others. The students destroyed all windows and door…
Parental Care Nursery and Primary School Wins Dance &Drama Competitions In Greater Bushenyi
Sheema District inspector of schools Ssempa Muzafaru has commended primary school heads in the greater Bushenyi region for encouraging learners to participate in co-curricular activities. He was speaking the at the music dance and drama competitions for primary schools in the greater Bushenyi sub region that was held at Kamurinda Primary School in Kagarama subcounty,…
Paralympian Pistorus Freed From Prison After Serving 11 Years For Killing His Girlfriend
Oscar Pistorus, 37, a double amputee and former paralympian, has been released on parole after serving half of his 13-year sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by shooting her multiple times through the door of the toilet in his Pretoria home on February 14, 2013. Oscar Pistorus and his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp before he…