Browsing: 11th Parliament Of Uganda

Parliament Approves UGX1.2 Trillion Loan For Electricity Connections

The Parliament of Uganda has approved another request by the Government to borrow up to US$331.5 million approximately Shillings 1.242 trillion from the International Development Association– IDA of the World Bank Group to support the electricity access scale-up project. The legislators passed the unanimous resolution following a motion moved by the Minister of State for…

MPs Want Presidential, Parliamentary Polls Conducted Last

Parliament has adopted a recommendation from its Committee on Human Rights that tasked the Electoral Commission to conduct presidential and parliamentary elections last in the cycle. Committee Chairperson, Fox Odoi Oywelowo said the changes will guarantee interest in the local government elections which have historically suffered notoriously low turnout. “The Electoral Commission should organize general…

OP-ED: How UGX 1.7 Trillion Loan Will Relieve Parliamentarians & Voters 

By Ben Ssebuguzi Kampala: Developing countries rely on international borrowing to finance special projects, infrastructure and to compensate for the needed revenue. Due to natural disasters like heavy rains, mud slides have adversely affected aids to trade like roads, where even the paved ones have either developed potholes or narrowed hence causing accidents. Even the…

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