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Parliament to debate State of Nation Address
Posted: 02 Aug 2024 Legislators have commended President Yoweri Museveni for his stand on patriotism, Pan-Africanism, socio-economic transformation and democracy in a bid to ensure national development. According to Hon... -
Minister asked to explain casino at Uganda embassy in Dubai
Posted: 01 Aug 2024 The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jeje Odongo, to respond to allegations of the use of Uganda’s consulate in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a casino... -
Outgoing WHO representative lauded for fight against pandemics
Posted: 01 Aug 2024 Legislators have commended the outgoing World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Director, Dr. Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam for his role in the fight against the Covid-19 and Ebola epidemics. In his... -
Address plight of medical interns - Tayebwa
Posted: 01 Aug 2024 The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Ministry of Health to address the issue of intern doctors and present a statement to Parliament, on interventions undertaken. The Deputy Speaker... -
MP Ssemujju criticizes gov’t over arrest of FDC members in Kenya
Posted: 01 Aug 2024 Kira Municipality Member of Parliament, Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju, has castigated government over the recent arrest of members of opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), in neighboring Kenya... -
Museveni, Tayebwa want accountability in wealth creation initiatives
Posted: 31 Jul 2024 President Yoweri Museveni has tasked accounting officers to be strict with matters of accountability in wealth creation programmes for rural poverty eradication. Museveni said programmes like the... -
Children’s Parliament calls for end to hunger, malnutrition
Posted: 26 Jul 2024 The second National Children's Parliament has proposed agricultural development and sensitisation as a strategy to address the hunger and malnutrition crisis in the country. The Children’s... -
Aleper eulogised for uniting Karamoja
Posted: 26 Jul 2024 Members of Parliament have eulogised the late Hon. Simon Peter Aleper and described him as a rock that was unshakable and a uniting factor for Karamoja and Uganda. During a special sitting on... -
President Returns Two Bills for Reconsideration
Posted: 24 Jul 2024 President Yoweri Museveni has returned the National Commission for UNESCO (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Higher Education Students Financing (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to Parliament for reconsideration... -
Construction of Katonga bridge to commence in October
Posted: 24 Jul 2024 The Minister for Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, has revealed that construction of a new bridge at the River Katonga along the Kampala-Masaka Highway will commence in October this...