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MPs Task Govt To Present Comprehensive Constitutional Amendments
A section of legislators have called on government to prepare comprehensive constitutional amendments to avoid the current trend where Members of Parliament are moving private members’ bills. These concerns were as MPs debated a motion to grant Igara County East Representative, Hon Micheal Mawanda, leave of the House to introduce a Private Member’s Bill. The…
MPs Task Govt To Pay Exams Fees For Candidates
Following the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy, government has been urged to pay examinations fees for finalists in primary and secondary schools. This followed the passing of a motion moved by Bugabula South MP, Maurice Kibalya who urged government to intervene in the plight of parents and students and meet the examination…
MPs Task Govt To Intervene In Skyrocketing Fuel Prices
Members of Parliament (MPs) have asked government to intervene in the skyrocketing fuel prices, saying businesses are starting to crumble due to the high transport costs. The MPs who addressed journalists on Monday, 29 November 2021 in the Members’ Lounge at Parliament say that whereas fuel prices have been increasing for months, government has remained…
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…
MPs Task Govt To Include All Stakeholders To Curb Gender Based Violence
Lawmakers have emphasized the need for an all-inclusive approach to curb Gender Based Violence (GBV), saying that current efforts are geared towards women, leaving men behind. The Members of Parliament (MPs) were responding to a statement on the 16 days of Activism against GBV presented by the Minister of State for Gender, Labour and Social…
MPs Task Govt To Fund Broke UBC To Acquire Modern Equipment
MPs back surplus funding to boost national broadcaster Hon. Tonny Ayoo presenting the ICT committee report that recommended additional funding to the national broadcaster An extensive report by the Committee on Information, Communication Technology and National Guidance (ICT) has swayed Members of Parliament (MPs) into supporting for the increased funding to the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation…
MPs Task Govt To Establish Disaster Preparedness Committee
Members of Parliament have passed a motion urging government to establish a Disaster Preparedness and Management Commission that will deal with natural and man-made disasters. Mpigi district woman MP, Hon. Sarah Nakawunde who moved the motion said that the prevailing mechanisms in place to respond to and manage natural or man-made calamities happening around the…
MPs Task Govt To Compensate Suffering Families Of Former Members Of Presidential Commission
MPs want form Members of Parliament have adopted a motion to authorise the payment of emoluments and benefits to former Members of the Presidential Commission. The former Members of the Presidential Commission who included, Hon. Yoweri Hunter Wacha-Olwol, Justice Saulo Musoke and Justice Polycarp Nyamuchoncho, now all deceased, were the Titular Heads of State of…
MPs Task Govt On Equal Distribution Of Technical Institutions
Members of Parliament have tasked the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) to ensure equal distribution of technical institutes around the country. Busia Municipality MP, Hon Godfrey Macho questioned why majority of oil and gas technical institutes are in Western Uganda. “The Board should advise the Ministry of Education to spread oil and gas…
MPs Task Govt Emergency Response After Makerere Fire Outbreak
Members of Parliament have tasked Government to improve the capacity to address disasters especially in light of the recent fire that gutted Makerere University’s 79-year-old iconic main administration building, also known as the Ivory Tower. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga told the House during plenary on Wednesday, 23 September 2020, that protracted debates on poor availability of…