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MPs Task VP Alupo To Provide More Funds For Sports
Members of Parliament have urged Vice President Jessica Alupo to lobby from government and improve funding to sports in a bid to enable the country’s nationals teams compete at local, regional and international level. Legislators highlighted limited funding to the national teams in different sports disciplines including basketball, football and netball among others has let…
MPs Task UNRA To Speed Up Damaged Karuma Bridge Repairs
Members of Parliament have asked government to provide the likely implications of restricted access to Karuma bridge, which has been found to be compromised. The bridge over River Nile, which connects the North and West Nile to the rest of the country, was found to have developed cracks, forcing Uganda National Roads Authority, the government…
MPs Task To Desist Tempering With Judiciary, Parliament Budgets
Members of Parliament have asked the Executive to desist from arbitrarily cutting the budgets meant for Parliament and the Judiciary saying it is a violation of the principle of separation of powers. In the second quarter of the current financial year, Parliament and the Ministry of Finance locked horns over budgets meant to facilitate committees…
MPs Task Public Service,Health Ministries To Resolve Striking Doctor Impasse
The Committee on Government Assurance and Implementation has tasked the Ministry of Public Service to explain the unending industrial action by medical workers. This is as the Minister of State for Public Service, Hon Grace Mugasa and the Minister of State for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs, Hon Kyofatogabye Kabuye, appeared before the committee…
MPs Task National Water To Extend Water Supply Across All Town Councils
Members of Parliament on the Natural Resources Committee want the National Water and Sewerage Corporation – NWSC to revise its terms of service and start supplying clean piped water in all town councils across the country. This comes after Eng. Silver Mugisha, the managing director NWSC told the legislators Friday that they are only mandated…
Mps Task Min.Janet Museveni To Curb Govt Scholarship Disparities
Members of Parliament have demanded the Ministry of Education and Sports promotes equitable distribution of student scholarships. According to MPs, many scholarships are awarded to students from particular parts of the country, which they attribute to decisions taken by the Central Scholarship Committee under the Ministry.The legislators demanded that the minister for Education should work…
MPs Task M7 To Appoint Substantive UHRC Bosses
The President is yet to consider names for the appointment of the Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) and two Commission members. The Deputy Attorney General, Hon. Jackson Kafuuzi, told a Parliament sitting on Monday, 10 May 2021 that the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs had written to President Yoweri Museveni on…
MPs Task Govt To Strengthen Efforts For Promoting Road Safety
Parliament has received a motion urging government to strengthen efforts for promoting road safety in the country. The motion moved by Hon Alex Ruhunda (NRM, Fort Portal Central Division) ahead of the commemoration of the National Road Safety Week between 13 and 17 December 2021. In the motion supported by all sides of the House,…
MPs Task Govt To Set Up Functional Operating Regional Health Theatres
Members of Parliament on the Committee on Health are pushing for functional operating theatres in health facilities in Uganda. The MPs led by Hon. Nicholas Kamara (FDC, Kabale Municipality) are in the sub-region to assess the status of health service delivery in hospitals and health centres. While at Busanza Health Centre IV in Kisoro District…
MPS Task Govt To Roll Out E-Recruitment To Curb Corruption
Members of parliament have urged government to consider replacing the current recruitment system in local governments with a digital system, as a response to the glaring allegations of corruption and bribery in district and city Service commissions. “The Ministry of Public Service should roll out e-recruitment processes across all local governments. This will limit physical…