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Parliament has passed a motion to inquire into the conduct of the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF). Sponsored by MP Paul Mwiru (FDC, Jinja Municipality East), the motion received unanimous support, save for Local Government Minister Col Tom Butime and Brig Gen Flavia Byekwaso (UPDF). Debate on alleged torture by the army has been amplified…
Muslim leaders under the Kampala District Council of Imams have sought Speaker Rebecca Kadaga’s help in having an end to re-arrest of bailed Muslim suspects. The leaders, in a petition presented by their spokesman Mr Ali Kinobe, said Muslim suspects are highhandedly re-arrested even when they are granted bail by court. “The Imams of Kampala…
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has launched a campaign aimed at mobilising its supporters countrywide to fill all vacant positions in the FDC party grassroot structures ahead of the 2021 General Election. The former FDC national treasurer, Mr Jack Sabiiti, told Daily Monitor in an interview on Monday in Kabale Town, where FDC party leaders…
The former Arua Municipality Parliamentary Aspirant Nusura Tiperu is in trouble following a warrant of arrest issued against her by the High Court in Arua for failure to pay election petition costs worth 83 Million Shillings. The warrant of arrest which is signed by the Assistant Deputy Registrar of Arua High Court indicates that the…
Legislators have adopted a motion urging government to review taxes on procurement of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras and automotive tracking devices. The MPs, while debating the motion during plenary sitting on Wednesday, 5 December 2019, agreed that the prices on the market for CCTV cameras were too expensive for ordinary citizens to afford. Hon.…
The Shadow Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon Muwanga Kivumbi has accused his opposite in government, Hon. Obiga Mario Kania of reluctance and inefficiency by the Uganda Police to investigate high profile criminal cases. Kivumbi, who is also the Butambala MP, highlighted several murder cases where suspects have not been committed to court for trial for…
President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday December 4, 2019 led hundreds of people in a march against corruption, calling corrupt people parasites who steal public wealth. Museveni said to end corruption, leaders must develop the economy. “Commercial agriculture, industry services and ICT, because that’s how we can create jobs and wealth and income so that our…
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah has urged the Electoral Commission to review the on-going voter verification exercise to ensure all eligible people vote in the 2021 general elections. Oulanyah made the appeal on Wednesday December 4, 2029 after the Arua District Woman Member of Parliament Maurine Osoru raised a matter of…
Reports from Bugisu region indicate that four people have died while scores are missing in Zesui and Masaba sub counties in Sironko district following multiple landslides on 03 December 2019. During a plenary sitting chaired by Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, on 04 December 2019, Hon. Ismael Orot (NRM, Kanyum County) asked Parliament to observe a…
The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah has advised government that unless Saccos shift from simply extending credit and savings to financing production, realizations of the desired wealth creation among rural and poor communities will be miraculous. Mr.Oulanyah said that Saccos have not been keen on assessing the potential of creditors to transform loans into income, thus…
