President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said the NRM government has made a lot of achievements in the last 36 years it has been in power in Uganda. “The economy of Uganda now will be $44bn in July yet when we started (in 1986) it was only $1.5 million. This means that the economy has grown…
Uganda Women political activists have challenged parliament to lead discussions on election financing as a way of tackling election violence. Meeting the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah,women activists under the Women Situation Room (WSR) Uganda 2021 revealed that parliament has the potential to shape the discussions to end election violence. “Let us go back to…
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has put to rest the question of lapsed businesses of previous Parliaments, ruling that they cannot be retrieved by subsequent Houses. Oulanyah’s ruling ends uncertainties surrounding legislations that were either not assented to by President Museveni as required under article 91 of the Constitution or not passed into law by…
Members of Parliament have tasked tasked the Ministry of Education and Sports to study and quickly resolve the impasse which saw the closure of the Gulu School of Health Sciences. Speaker Jacob Oulanyah asked State Minister for Higher Education, Hon. John Chrysostom Muyingo to report to Parliament on the way forward. “The matter cannot be solved…
Members of parliament have lashed at the Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Eng Hillary Onek for being slow in handling disasters. This came after, Eng Onek told parliament that the floods lavaged the country have led to losses of property and life which he said in the long run affects the economy. Presenting…
The Rt Hon Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, made an appearance in Parliament Thursday, 29 July 2021 after a break, urging its leaders to set aside their different political shades for the greater good of the institution. Oulanyah spoke at the retreat of opposition legislators, who are on a two-day induction on best Parliament practices.…
The under pressure speaker of parliament Rt. Hon Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has reportedly turned guns away from his opponents to the no-nonsense National Resistance Army (NRA) hero, General Salim Saleh accusing him of being among her political enemies undermining and fighting her day and night. According to an insider, who attended a heated five-hour-Monday meeting…
By Matua Job Richard The history of our Country summarized in the preamble of 1995, is something that can only be comparable to hell or the days Israelites are said to be walking in the wilderness with lots of challenges. It is true that Tyranny meted on Citizens by former Presidents caused real suffering to…
President Yoweri Museveni and the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, have celebrated the life of the late Francis Odida, a journalist, playwright and statesman. In a message delivered by Oulanyah, President Museveni described the late Odida as an industrious person who lived a full life to the benefit of his community and country. “President…
By URN Plans are ongoing, to reconcile the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga and the Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah as bickering between the two senior leaders of Parliament heightens. The two leaders have had a bitter relationship since 2016 when Oulanyah sought to contest for the position of the Speaker of Parliament, currently occupied by…
