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MPs Order Govt To Scrap Off All Taxes On CCTV Cameras

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

December 6, 2019

Sports

Tensions Escalate As Rwanda Snubs EAC Inter parliamentary Games Organized By Uganda

Uganda has been left sole organiser of the East African Community games after Parliaments in Rwanda and South Sudan boycotted the games, choosing not to send delegates and to further rub salt into the wound, the two nations didn’t explain why they

December 6, 2019

News·Politics

IGP Ochola,Gen.Sabiti Are Incompetent To Investigate All Pending Murder Cases-MP Kivumbi

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

December 6, 2019

Business·News

M7 Commissions 9 Factories At Namunkekera Industrial Park

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday commissioned 9 factories operating in the Namunkekera Industrial park, in Kapeeka, Nakaseke district. The factories, which produce various assorted products and have created lots of employment opportunities for people in Kapeka, Nakaseke district, Luweero Triangle. President

December 6, 2019

News·Politics

EC’s Voter Verification Exercise Is A Scam – MPs Call For An Exercise Review

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

December 5, 2019

News·Politics

Four Residents Die In Sironko Land Slides

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 4, 2019

Politics

Govt Saccos Ought To Stop Dishing Out Sex,Wedding,Baby Shower Loans- Oulanyah

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

December 4, 2019

Business·News

Stanbic Bank Bails Out Broke Ugandan Gov’t With 2 Trillion Shs

Government intends to borrow over Shs2 trillion to finance a budget shortfall realized a few months into the 2019/2020 financial year. In a domestic loan request presented to Parliament, Government indicated its plans to borrow up to Euro 300 million from each

December 4, 2019

News·Politics

Mp Zaake Almost Lynched Me-Prof.Nawangwe Elucidates Probe’s Committee

Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, has returned to Parliament for the first time since he was attacked by Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake, last month. This time, Prof. Nawangwe was appearing before Parliament’s Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline, investigating

December 4, 2019

News·Politics

Clash As Oulanyah Exposes M7’s Corrupt Activities

The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, has made a bold statement and re-committed on behalf of the Parliament to fight corruption. Speaking at the end of the Anti-corruption walk at Kololo Airstrip on Wednesday, 04 December 2019, Oulanyah said that corruption is widespread

December 4, 2019

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