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Defence spending Shs400m monthly to fly troops to Somalia

The Ministry of Defence is spending a total of Shs400 million monthly to fly troops to Somalia and other destinations following the grounding of planes owned by Uganda Air Cargo.The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Rosette Byengoma, told the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs that Uganda…

Local political leaders to get salary enhancement

Local government leaders will receive a 100 per cent pay increment starting the next financial year, the Minister for Local Government, Hon. Rapheal Magyezi has said.Magyezi, who underscored the need to enhance the remuneration of local political leaders, was appearing before the House Committee on…

Among hosts Muslims, calls for amicable conflict resolution

The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has called on Muslims to use this year’s Ramadan to forge ways of settling their outstanding disputes, which she feared could adversely split them.“Ramadan this year came when divisions are threatening to tear the Muslim community further apart. As your…

Funding gaps crippling provision of ICT services - Minister

Funding gaps in the Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology and National Guidance are crippling the ministry’s capacity to ICT provide the required services to Ugandans.The Minister for ICT, Hon. Chris Byromunsi, said that ICT and National guidance was born out of a merger yet the…

Mulago seeks Shs10 billion for ICUs

Mulago National Referral Hospital is in need of over Shs10 billion to fully functionalise its intensive care units (ICU).This request was tabled by the hospital’s Ag. Executive Director, Dr. Rosemary Byanyima while appearing before the Committee on Health on Thursday, 21 March 2024.According to Dr…

Parliament amends National Sports Bill, introduces archery

Parliament has reconsidered the National Sports Bill, incorporating several amendments including the introduction of archery and deletion of kickboxing.The National Sports Bill, initially tabled for First Reading on November 10, 2022, was passed by the House on 02 March 2023. However, the Bill was…

Justice Arach-Amoko was Judiciary icon - MPs

Amid a light drizzle at 1:10pm on Wednesday, 21 June 2023, Speaker Anita Among received the remains of former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Stella Arach-Amoko at Parliament.Among, together with the Government Chief Whip, Hon. Hamson Obua and several legislators condoled with the family at the…

Museveni is a man of his word, better keep yours, Tayebwa tells Mao

The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has tipped Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Hon. Nobert Mao on working with President Yoweri Museveni.Speaking at Mao's homecoming and thanksgiving ceremony at Kaunda Grounds in Gulu City in Northern Uganda, Tayebwa described the President as a man of…

Speaker tasks new judges to tackle case backlog

The Appointments Committee of Parliament has implored the newly appointed judges of the High Court to decisively tackle the long-standing problem of case backlog.The Speaker Anita Among, said the high case backlog is frustrating dispensation of justice in the country.‘’I congratulate you upon being…

Finance Committee to scrutinize utilisation of budgets

The Committee of Finance is to study and reconcile financial statements of the Consolidated Fund account for the year ending 30 June 2023 and report to Parliament.While chairing the House on Thursday, 20 July 2023, the Speaker Anita Among said failure by some Ministries, Departments and Agencies (…

Minister Mwebesa to suspend UNBS boss

The Minister of Trade, Industries and Cooperatives, Hon. Francis Mwebesa has said that he will cause the suspension of David Livingstone Ebiru, the Executive Director of Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) over allegations of misappropriation of funds and misconduct.This revelation came…

‘Reconsider decision to remove public servants from payroll’

The Ministry of Public Service has been asked to engage the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) to reconsider a directive of deleting public servants who missed  the recent verification exercise, from the payroll.The appeal was made by Members of Parliament (MPs) on the…

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