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The Sexual Offences Bill, 2024 that seeks to enhance punishment of sex offenders and protection of victims during trial has been re-introduced in Parliament. The Bill was presented for First Reading by Soroti City Woman Member of Parliament, Hon. Anna Adeke Ebaju on Monday, 14 October 2024 at a sitting of the House chaired by…
Members of Parliament have demanded that the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Privatisation and Investment), Hon. Evelyn Anite, explains the delayed completion of eight industrial parks countrywide despite a Presidential directive. The lawmakers were forced to defer adoption of the Report of the Public Accounts Committee (Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State…
Political organizations under their collective umbrella, HOLY ALLIANCE, have backed an decision of fronting a person to stand as president in the forthcoming 2026 Elections and other people in different positions across the country. Today!, these converged to brainstorm on how they can influence change in Uganda’s political Environment. At the start of this year,…
Lawmakers continue to raise concerns over the delayed constitutional review, with the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, urging the Attorney General to hasten the presentation of comprehensive amendments. Tayebwa was responding to the Deputy Attorney General, Hon. Jackson Kafuuzi, after he tabled the Constitutional Amendment (Bill), 2024 during the plenary sitting on Tuesday, 24 September 2024.…
The National Unity Platform Party President Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, has received criticism and backlash from the Ugandan Diaspora community in London during his tour, expressing concern over his ongoing disrespect toward the Kabaka (King) of Buganda. The Kabaka diehards in the Diaspora noted that Bobi Wine’s portrait is displayed at traditional events instead…
National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretary General, Rt. Hon. Richard Todwong together with members of the Secretariat’s top leadership has met with Members of Parliament from the Busoga and Lango sub-regions in preparation for major grassroot mobilisation tours set to launch next week. The strategic engagement that took place at the NRM headquarters in Nakasero, Kampala…
The Democratic Party Vice President, Fred Mukasa Mbidde, has said that East Africa still has strides to make towards achieving one political state under the East African Community (EAC). Mbidde made these remarks while addressing journalists at the DP press conference on September 17, 2024, at the party headquarters at Balintuma Road in Rubaga division,…
Kisoro District leaders have ringfenced the seat of Kisoro District Woman Representative (DWR) to the family of Dr Philemon Mateke. The District councilor representing Muramba sub county, Martin Hakizimana moved a motion requesting that council be conducted in English, Rufumbira and Rukiga for all the people in gallery to follow the proceedings. The motion was…
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has instructed the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development to draft a supplementary budget aimed at compensating individuals affected by the Karuma hydro power project. This directive follows a report from the Parliamentary Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, which addressed a petition submitted by the Environment Governance Institute regarding the…
Members of parliament have renewed the call to combat the rising cases of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) which are claiming lives as Parliament paid glowing tribute to the late State Minister of Defence, Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi. The late Hon. Nyirabashitsi, who was also the Kisoro District Woman Representative in Parliament, died of a heart attack, on…
