Members of the Budget Committee of Parliament have rejected a fresh government supplementary request of 15.8 billion Shillings. The Committee received the request on Thursday from Gabriel Ajedra, the Minister of State of Finance in charge of General Duties. According to Ajedra, part of the money about 10 billion Shillings is to facilitate the Uganda…
Parliament has passed the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill, 2020 with amendments which will see an increase in the taxes levied on petrol and diesel effective 01 July 2020. The tax on petrol has been increased from Shs1,200 per litre to Shs 1,350 per litre and that of diesel from Shs 880 to Shs 1,030 reflecting…
By Mbabazi Hanning Gonzaga There is no better replay of the “Affair of the Diamond Necklace” as it happened under the French Bourbon Monarchy than what has transpired in the halls of the Ugandan parliament these last two weeks. During the reign of Louis XV between 1784 – 1785, he offered to have the most…
The government of Uganda has defied parliament’s directive to blocking the distribution of relief food to people around Kampala and Wakiso districts. In the Thursday Parliamentary sitting, both Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and lawmakers raised issue that there was a need for government to consider all parts of the country. Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda’s attempts to…
Members of Parliament has halted the food distribution exercise for Kampala Metropolitan Area until government gives assurance that all Ugandans will benefit from the programme. In the Thursday 2, April, 2020 plenary, both the Speaker Rt Hon. Rebecca Kadaga and legislators said there is a need for government to consider all parts of the country.…
The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Rt. Hon Rebecca Kadaga has told Legislators that she and the Chief Justice Bart Katureebe asked the President to declare a State of Emergency. A state of emergency is a condition of national danger whereby any government suspends normal constitutional procedures to regain control. A state of emergency is usually…
The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga on Friday said she was “hurt” by the lack of empathy by police and Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) leaders over the shooting of a senior six student recently. Ms Lowena Rachael Nankya, a student of Lugazi Mixed School (Naalya) was shot in the mouth by policemen…
Concerned Citizens are in final stages to petition the State House Anti-Corruption Unit investigate the day robbery, fraud and corruption by top Police officers at Interpol headquarters Kololo led by the Interpol boss AIGP Moses Balimwoyo. This follows a failure by the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) Maj. General Sabiiti Muzeei and Police Boss…
The elderly have petitioned the Speaker Rt Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, seeking representation in Parliament of Uganda. In their petition presented on 05 March by the National Council for Older Persons and the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), the senior citizens said that they have been marginalised for long. The Chairperson of the EOC, Sylvia Muwebwa said…
A pilot who was in charge of a chattered helicopter for the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga took the wrong route, ending up in a completely different destination than he should have landed. The pilot identified as Mupaapa Isma was supposed to fly the speaker to Kazo District in Western Uganda. Kadaga was an invited…
