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MPs Resurrect Use Of Speed Governors To Contain Rampant Road Carnage
Following the two grisly accidents in Kabarole and Mbale districts that have left over 26 people dead, legislators have called on government to revive an earlier directive to install speed governors in all public service vehicles. At least 20 people were reported dead from an accident involving a Link Services Ltd bus along the Fort…
MPs Rescue Ghetto Kids From House Eviction With 100M
Members of Parliament heeded to the Speaker’s request to raise shs100 million for the young performers to pay off a balance on the house they purchased. The house acts as their residence and also the training center. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga made the request after the Ghetto Kids put in an energetic performance at the Parliament…
MPs Reject Tax Exemption On Bujagali Hydro Power Project
A proposal by government to exempt the Bujagali Hydro Power project from income tax has been rejected by lawmakers who instead demanded for a report of the Auditor General on the project. The decision was reached at during the plenary sitting on Monday, 06 June 2024 as the House considered the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill,…
MPs Reject Minister Kasaija’s Proposal To Cut EC 2021 Election Budget
Legislators have rejected a proposal by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to cut the Electoral Commission’s (EC) budget for the 2021 general elections. The Minister of Finance, Hon Matia Kasaija told MPs on the Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on 28 January 2020 that the EC’s budget for the elections will…
MPs Reject Gov’t’s 336Bn Supplementary Budget To Purchase Radios For Students
Members of Parliament have declined approval of the Shs 336.8 billion supplementary expenditure request for purchase of nine million radios to facilitate the long distance learning programme. The request is part of Shs 353.867 billion supplementary expenditure request that was laid before Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on 20 October…
MPs Reject Construction Of Power Dam At Murchison Falls
Members of parliament have rejected government’s proposal to conduct a feasibility study, a precursor for the construction of a 360 MW hydropower dam at Murchison Falls National Park. Parliament’s position follows its recent inquiry that has unearthed the plan as a national liability. In October 2019, President Yoweri Museveni, amidst public resistance to power generation…
MPs Reject A Proposal To Grant Children Of Refugees Born In Uganda Citizenship
Members of Parliament have blocked a recommendation by the House Committee on Human Rights that sought to grant citizenship to children of refugees born in Uganda, and register them at birth as Ugandans. The recommendation was contained in a report on the recommendations of the 20th Annual Report of the Uganda Human Rights Commission; presented…
MPs Quizz Finance Ministry Officials Over Skyrocketing Fuel Prices
Members of Parliament have quizzed officials from the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development over the skyrocketing fuel prices in the country. The MPs on the Committee of Finance believe that the ongoing fuel crisis would have been averted if the county’s oil reserves were full. Apparently, the oil and gas sector is among…
MPs Question Uganda Tourism Board’s UGX360million Expenditure On Dubai Expo
The committee on trade, tourism and industry has tasked the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) to account for the 360 million shillings spent during the Dubai 2020 Expo. UTB led by its executive director Lilly Ajarova today appeared before the committee which is probing into concerns arising from Uganda’s participation in the Dubai Expo in the…
MPs Query UDC’s Capitalisation Of Private Companies Disparities
Members of the Budget Committee have asked the Committee of Tourism, Trade and Industry to examine the viability of investing Shs269 billion in several private enterprises through the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC). The trade committee chairperson, Hon Mwine Mpaka presented his committee report on the National Budget Framework Paper for the Financial Year 2022/23 -…