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The Clerk to Parliament, Hon Adolf Mwesige, has lauded the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) for working towards the realisation of East African integration. Mwesige said that East African integration lies in the hands of the EALA legislators even after their retirement. “I thank you for continuing to steer the agenda of the East African…
By our reporter Kampala: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the Attorney General and finance Ministry to ensure that all claimants who had previously been verified are immediately paid compensation for their lost livestock. The directive stemmed from a petition filed by Lango Parliamentary Group recently regarding the manner which over 20,000 claimants from the…
Members of Parliament on the Natural Resources Committee have criticised the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon Matia Kasaija, for diverting the Environmental Fund from National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) to the Consolidated Fund, saying this has crippled NEMA’s operations. MPs said the fund was lawfully established to assist NEMA restore the environment…
Internal Affairs Minister, Maj Gen (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire has condemned the shooting of a traffic police officer by a UPDF soldier still at large, saying the perpetrator will face justice. Otafiire said having been part of the National Resistance Army that shot its way to power in early 1986, incidents such as those shock him…
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…
The Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has put officials from the Inspectorate of Government (IG) on the defensive over what they termed as conflict of interest in the investigation and prosecution of embattled Uganda Land Commission boss, Hon Beatrice Byenkya. Byenkya is on trial for allegedly obstructing investigators from the Inspectorate who were probing…
The Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology and National Guidance is seeking Shs70.6 billion to implement the Parish Development Model (PDM). Cabinet approved the implementation of PDM as the delivery strategy for transitioning households out of the subsistence economy with effect from 01 July 2021. The ICT Ministry was charged with the responsibility of spearheading Pillar…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has sent a special message to his counterpart Paul Kagame of Rwanda. The undisclosed package was delivered by Uganda ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, Adonia Ayebare to Rwandan capital Kigali at Urugwiro village in the office of the president on Monday January 17th. The foreign affairs ministry has…
Busoga Kingdom has called upon the general public to disregard information circulating on social media that the Chiefs of Busoga Kingdom have replaced Kyabazinga Wilberforce Gabula Nadiope with Edward Muloki Columbus. In a statement released on 14th January 2022 by Joseph Muvawala, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, he emphasized that according to the constitution…
Parliament has received a request of shs12 billion from the government to renovate the State House in Entebbe and 23 up country state lodges. Parliament has received a request of shs12 billion from the government to renovate the State House in Entebbe and 23 up country state lodges. According to the State Minister for Economic…
