The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon Anita Among has on Wednesday November 10, 2021 met with the parliamentary forum on mental health, the mental health working group, and officials from the ministry of health to discuss how the mental health challenges can be addressed. The delegation to Parliament was headed by Dr. Kenneth Kalani…
Tororo Woman Member of Parliament Sarah Opendi has secured leave of parliament to introduce the surrogacy bill. Surrogacy is an arrangement where a woman agrees to carry a pregnancy for another person who will or become the actual parent. The proposed law will look at sperm donors and legalities to do with surrogacy among others.…
The government is seeking a supplementary budget allocation of Shs 3.3 billion to secure office space for more than 20 special presidential advisors at the Kingdom Kampala building. On the list of those who will occupy the offices are former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, former Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, former Security minister General Elly…
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has told legislators that no one will intimidate her, assuring them that she remains their deputy Speaker for the next 10 years. Among made remarks during a debate on a motion paying tribute to Uganda’s first female legislator, Florence Alice Lubega who died on 28th October at the…
Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia’s Victoria University has announced that it extended 10 bursaries to each of the 529 members of the 11th Parliament totalling 5290 bursaries that will be awarded to the financially struggling-best learners from their constituencies. ”Has your MP offered you a bursary? We extended at least ten (10) COVID-19 tuition -relief bursaries to…
The top management team at the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is on the spot for hastily sanctioning a Shs10 billion project to expand the passenger terminal at Entebbe Airport, even when the Board had frozen the construction projects. According to the chairperson of Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (Cosase), Mr Joel…
Lawmakers and human rights defenders have condemned ministers for backing what they have called “draconian laws” that seek to curtail freedoms and take away the discretion of judicial officers to grant or deny bail. Those against the Executive decision to tinker with bail for capital offenders have warned that when the dust finally settles, “the…
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Managing Director Richard Byarugaba has said, the institution doesn’t have the 20% midterm access to savers who clock 45 years. Byarugaba made remarks while appearing before the Gender, Labour and Social Development Committee of Parliament at Serena Hotel Thursday. He was explaining the various ways through which the sh15.6…
Members of Parliament on the Natural Resources Committee want the National Water and Sewerage Corporation – NWSC to revise its terms of service and start supplying clean piped water in all town councils across the country. This comes after Eng. Silver Mugisha, the managing director NWSC told the legislators Friday that they are only mandated…
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…
