Parliament
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1.1KMinister denies conflict of interest in Terego and Madi-Okollo border dispute
Obiga Kania, who is the Terego East County Member of Parliament, told a sitting of the House on Tuesday, 15 February 2022,...
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792‘Mama Mabira’ eyes top UN environment job
Anywar, who is the Minister of State for Water and Environment lobbied Parliamentarians to support Uganda’s bid for the top position during...
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921MPs want Finance to expedite payment of Sh69.5bn to Uganda Railways
The MPs also tasked the Ministry to explain some discrepancies detected in the land sale including why there was no formal letter...
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825Give UNOC Sh914 billion, Auditor General
According to Muwanga’s new audit report for financial year 2020/2021, a total of 914.1 billion Shillings comprising Capital expenditure (304.08 billion) and...
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1.1KFuel prices to normalise next week – Energy Minister
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Minister of State for Energy and Mineral Development (Minerals), Hon Peter Lokeris, has reassured lawmakers that petroleum fuel prices...
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1.6KBIG STORY: Gov’t Proposes Shs4m fine for unvaccinated persons
A proposed amendment to section 47 of the Act seeks to penalise parents by way of six months in jail and Shs...
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1.1KSeyani Brothers Ltd on spot over alleged Shs 1billion fraud
Two missing pages in the bid documents and alterations of figures that initially read Shs725 million to read Shs1.725 billion raised MPs’...
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1.3KMP Ssemujju questions celebration of Tarehe Sita
Every 6th of February, the army celebrates the National Resistance Army’s raid on Kabamba Military Barracks, which launched the five-year struggle that...
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2.7KParliament passes Landlord and Tenant Bill
Among several provisions in the landlord and tenant bill, a landlord will now have to give the tenant(s) a 60 days notice...
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1.0KGov’t tables Shs4.7 trillion supplementary budget
The supplementary will among other things support the recurrent expenditure on salaries, wages, and other expenses under State House at Shs481 billion,...
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1.1KUWOPA urges govt for more funds towards maternal health
Citing the Uganda Bureau of Statistics report 2021, which puts maternal deaths at 338 per 10,000 live births, MPs said government needed...
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1.0KMinistry of Education seeks more funds for disasters, study loans
Parliament's Education Committee Chairperson, Hon John Twesigye, said the Ministry has maintained a budgetary allocation of shs12.62 billion to cater for emergency...
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848MPs halt financing UPDF operations in Congo
The Ministry of Defense had asked for Shs89.7 billion to finance the operations but MPs said briefing of Parliament should precede committing...
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1.3KAuditor General on spot over Shs 6.8trillion classified expenditure audit
“Oil companies have not been audited since 2011. These companies are heaping government with all manners of loans and yet we are...
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901Budget Committee queries UDC’s capitalisation of private companies
Hon Patrick Nsamba said UDC is now becoming a conduit for mismanagement, he asked if the challenge of the governance of UDC...
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952Move gov’t scholarships to loan scheme – MPs
MPs say the current format in which scholarships are awarded favours top performing students who are from well to do families and...
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1.5KUganda to be blacklisted over money laundering
“Uganda was placed in the grey list in 2020. It means the country has been identified but it made commitments with the...
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1.3KMinister Kasaija on spot over transfer of Environmental Fund
MPs want government to take back the fund to NEMA to be able to set up regional offices and facilitate district environment...
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1.0KRefill oil reserves to curb fuel prices, MPs urge Gov’t
The MPs on the Committee of Finance believe that the ongoing fuel crisis would have been averted if the county’s oil reserves...
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1.4KFight erupts in parliament over coalition bill
The speaker suspended the session briefly after the chaotic scenes, which saw at least two rival MPs exchange blows, according to images...
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1.2KMPs Exchange Blows Over Proposed Electronic Payment Tax
The government says the new tax would boost revenue for development, but parliament has been split over the idea and fights broke...
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Gov’t tables UGX 43 Trillion National Budget Framework
KAMPALA, UGANDA; The government has tabled before parliament the national budget framework paper totaling 43 trillion Shillings for the coming financial year...
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1.2KBudget committee approves UGX21Bn for church land compensation
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Parliament’s Budget Committee on Monday agreed to approve a total of 21 billion Shillings budget meant to compensate the Church...
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1.0KParliament passes Income Tax Amendment Bill 2021
KAMPALA, UGANDA: Parliament has passed the Income Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, 2021 which provides for windfall tax and limitations of deductions...