Initially scheduled for Thursday 10am, the meeting was shifted to 1pm and later 3pm because Kadaga was away from Parliament.
Read more ...The Acting Director communications at parliament Helen Kaweesa says that the Plenary could not take place because the Deputy Speaker is out of the country while the speaker had a state function which she had not anticipated to attend.
Read more ...The Speaker of Parliament wants President Museveni to take leadership in the eradication of female Genital mutilation in Uganda which is still a rampant vice in the country.
Read more ...The Buganda Kingdom royal family led by Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II today held a memorial service for Ssekabaka (late King) Sir Edward Frederick Mutesa II, 50 years after his demise.
Read more ...Meeting with Oulanya at the side-lines of the African Caribbean and Pacific-European Union Parliamentary Assembly (ACP-EU) in Kigali, Rwanda, Mukabalisa expressed disappointment with the deteriorating relationship between the two countries.
Read more ...The committee chaired by Budadiri West MP Nathan Nandala Mafabi were scheduled to meet the Police top management on Thursday. However the team didn’t show up and requested for a new date.
Read more ...George William Okoit, the Soroti Municipality Youth councilor questioned why MPs from the opposition are silent on issues of their emolument but very vocal on others affecting Ugandans.
Read more ...The Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga says she will meet the chairpersons of the Gender and Finance Committees who have disagreed during the processing of the National Social Security Fund Amendment Bill, 2019.
Read more ...Government has said the matter of the Jinja Express way financing has been referred to the Inspector General of Government (IGG) for scrutiny.
Read more ...The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has proposed to act as a collection channel for the formal sector contributions of the National Health Insurance scheme that is in offing.
Read more ...Kaggwa, a former Parliamentarian and human rights defender died suddenly on Wednesday. He was aged 64.
Read more ...The Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER) a Non-Governmental Organization has questioned the absence of Government’s contribution to the National Health Insurance scheme.
Read more ...The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has commended the late Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Chairman, Med Kaggwa for his dedication and advocacy for human rights.
Read more ...Kaggwa, 64, collapsed this morning moments after leaving his home in Mulago, on the outskirts of Kampala. He was moments later rushed to Case Medical Centre, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Read more ...The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has appealed to the European Union (EU) to respect the sovereignty of African states.
Read more ...The Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Dr. Joyce Moriku says that the ministry is fast tracking a supplementary request of shillings 2 billion to facilitate the 1,170 medical interns currently deployed across Uganda.
Read more ...The report presented by the Primary Health Care State Minister, Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu to the Parliamentary Health Committee, shows that the two interns carried out an emergency C-Section to save the life of a woman who was bleeding uncontrollably.
Read more ...The project which is implemented by the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) on behalf of the Finance Ministry is intended to expand access, adoption of cleaner and more efficient cooking solutions, reduce household air pollution, consumption and expenditure for biomass cooking fuels.
Read more ...According to the MPs, funds amounting up to 600 million shillings has been ending up on a bank account of Yassin Abdulaziz Musoke a labour officer based in Uganda’s Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia instead of the consolidated fund.
Read more ...The committee held its first meeting in May in Dar-Es-Salam, Tanzania, the second meeting in Nairobi, Kenya in August and the third meeting in Kampala this week. But representatives from both countries have skipped all preparatory meetings for the annual competition.
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