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Fourth Session Opens: Speaker Among commends MPs’ performance

Parliament has significantly reduced the turn-around time of House business through timely consideration of business, guided by the principles of responsiveness, efficiency and effectiveness.Speaker Anita Among, said that Parliament has efficiently considered bills, motions, reports and approvals…

SONA2024: President hails Parliament, Executive relationship

President Yoweri Museveni has commended the good working relationship between Parliament and the Executive, which he said has contributed to the country’s stability and progress.The President, who was delivering the State-of-the-Nation Address to Parliament, praised the Speaker, Anita Annet Among…

Lack of delivery beds at Entebbe Hospital leaves MPs in shock

Members of Parliament sitting in the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) were left in shock after it emerged that Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital does not have a single delivery bed.Officials from the hospital, led by Dr John Bosco Nsubuga, the Acting Director, and Richard Tumwesigye, the Senior…

UNOC records unexpected Shs37 billion profit

The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) has generated a profit of Shs37.6 billion surpassing their projected revenue of Shs6.989 billion.This revelation emerged during a meeting between officials from UNOC and Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday, 27 May 2024 where the Auditor…

Tayebwa makes case for Germany to invest in Uganda

Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has called for the support of visiting Germany legislators to push the European Union to import more Ugandan coffee.To achieve this, Tayebwa urged the EU, especially Germany to invest in value addition of Ugandan coffee, justifying that Uganda and the rest of Africa…

Mainstream mental health in all MDAs

Parliamentary Commissioner and Nyendo – Mukungwe Member of Parliament, Hon. Mathias Mpuuga has called on government to plan for mental health services in all its departments and agencies.Mpuuga said the same efforts should eventually be spread to the private sector just as it is in the case with…

Parliament Passes Shs72.136 Trillion Budget for FY 2024/2025

Parliament has passed the national budget for the Financial Year 2024/2025, approving a total expenditure of Shs72.136 trillion following the passing of the Appropriations Bill 2024 on Thursday, 16 May 2024, reflecting a significant increase of Shs14.050 trillion from the initial budget proposal of…

Action on Tororo land dispute deferred after AG's advisory

Parliament has deferred its intervention regarding the land dispute in Nyakesi E Zone, Lyokango Parish, Nyangole Sub-county, Tororo District over the subjudice rule.The dispute, which centres around approximately 90 acres of contested land, has pitted the Kol-Katandi clan of the Adhola tribe…

MPs intensify pressure on delayed Copyright amendments

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has tasked the Attorney General, Hon. Kiryowa Kiwanuka, to table the Bill amending the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, 2006 expressing discontent with delays on the government side.Tayebwa noted that the Bill was initially proposed and…

Shs2.8 bn payout to war debt claimants bounces over dormant accounts

Over Shs2.8 billion disbursed to the accounts of war debt claimants from Acholi, Lango, and Teso sub-regions bounced.The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, told Parliament during plenary on Wednesday, 03 April 2024, that the monies had bounced because some beneficiaries had closed their accounts…

Parliament demands mass education on mycotoxins contamination

Parliament’s committees of Agriculture and that of Health want government to straightaway design a public information programme to sensitise the public about the risks posed by mycotoxins contamination to human health.“The committees observed that the level of exposure by Ugandans to mycotoxins is…

Four new members join Parliament

Four new Members of Parliament have taken oath during the plenary sitting on Wednesday, 03 April 2024 presided over by Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa.Dokolo District Woman MP, Hon. Sarah Nyangkori Aguti, on the UPC ticket was the first to take the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of a Member of…

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