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Ugandan-Banyarwanda community petitions Parliament over segregation
Posted: 16 Apr 2024 The Ugandan-Banyarwanda community in the country has petitioned Parliament over a host of grievances imploring the House to intervene and investigate the segregation and violation of their human... -
Agriculture committee wants coffee authority retained
Posted: 15 Apr 2024 The House Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has expressed concern that dissolving Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) as proposed in the Government rationalisation policy... -
Speaker’s delegation impressed by Namboole stadium works
Posted: 15 Apr 2024 The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, inspected works at the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole. Among, accompanied by a team from Parliament, was taken on a guided tour by army officials... -
Committee sides with EC on Shs756 bn for 2026 general elections
Posted: 15 Apr 2024 The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee has called on government to provide Shs756.988 billion for the Electoral Commission (EC) to commence preparations for the 2026 general elections. Their... -
Finance ministry queried over Shs4 trillion irregular expenditure
Posted: 14 Apr 2024 Parliament has tasked the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to explain the spending of Shs4.05 trillion without prior approval from Parliament. The matter came to the fore on... -
Lawmakers approve Shs200 billion for better city roads
Posted: 14 Apr 2024 The citizenry should look forward to better roads in the capital city after Parliament approved an additional Shs157 billion for road infrastructure development. Members of Parliament on Friday, 12... -
House approves Shs26 bn for extension of internet to schools, hospitals
Posted: 12 Apr 2024 Parliament has adopted a recommendation that Shs26.781 billion be provided to the National Information Technology Uganda (NITA-U) to extend ICT services to extra 700 sites which include schools,... -
Parliament Delays Allocation of Shs200 bn for UNRA Staff
Posted: 12 Apr 2024 Parliament has rejected and re-allocated Shs200 billion budgeted to compensate Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) staff that will be affected by the ongoing rationalisation. The funds have now... -
MPs reiterate call to recruit more health workers
Posted: 12 Apr 2024 The Health Committee has reiterated the call to recruit health workers at all levels of health facilities saying that whereas government has invested in hardware components within the healthcare... -
Mindset change takes least share of FY 2024/2025 Gender Budget
Posted: 12 Apr 2024 The Community Mobilisation and Mindset Change Programme has been allocated the least share of the budget in the Ministry of Gender for the Financial Year 2024/2025 to the dismay of Members of...