The Shadow Minister for Trade, Fred Tumuheirwe Turyamuhweza has hit back at President Yoweri Museveni for failing to assent to the Sugar Bill, 2016 accusing him of siding with big sugar companies.
Read more ...There have been reports that the ruling party was nursing the idea of moving from the Presidential System of government to the Parliamentary System. The idea is one of those expected to be discussed at the ongoing NRM Parliamentary Caucus retreat in Kyankwanzi.
Read more ...President Yoweri Museveni has said that he is still able to serve the country in his address to the National Resistence Movement (NRM) party Parliamentary Caucus this afternoon.
Read more ...On Sunday, the Buganda NRM MPs sitting at the National Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyankwanzi elected a seven-member executive committee.
Read more ...The National Resistence Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Caucus has supported the Party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) resolution to have President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as their candidate in the 2021 polls.
Read more ...In a letter addressed to President Yoweri Museveni, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) rebel Members of parliament have criticized President Yoweri Museveni's opening speech at the NRM Parliamentary Caucus Retreat at the National Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyankwanzi yesterday. MPs Barnabas Tinkasimire representing Buyaga West and Kassanda North legislator Patrick Nsamba Oshabe confirmed to URN that they had written the letter to President Museveni. These are among the over six legislators who were blocked from attending the eight day retreat due to their open criticism and failure to abide by the Caucus resolutions in the past.
Read more ...The Opposition leadership in Parliament is divided over a demand from a section of members to have technical staff under the Office of the Leader of Opposition inclined to their ideology and mission.
Read more ...President Yoweri Museveni has told the National Resistence Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Caucus at the National Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyakwanzi that Uganda needs a more investor friendly atmosphere that is free of delays and corruption of public officials and more wealth funds to convert idle youth to owners of the small businesses.
Read more ...The Leader of opposition Betty Aol Ochan said that their request for more staff has been rejected by the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga. The Speaker of Parliament is the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Commission, a body responsible for the recruitment of staff in the Institution.
Read more ...Aol says that the Bill which is to be presented by the Shadow Attorney General, Wilfred Niwagaba is ready and only awaits space on the order paper.
Read more ...In an interview with Uganda Radio Network-URN, Ochan said that if conflicts are not resolved conflicts within EAC, there cannot be integration as envisaged by the East African Community States.
Read more ...President Yoweri Museveni is scheduled to officially open the retreat on Thursday under the theme; “Industrialization for Job Creation and Shared Prosperity.”
Read more ...On Monday, the NRM Parliamentary Caucus Spokesperson, Margaret Muhanga, listed six MPs who were not invited for the retreat because of their conduct.
Read more ...Noah Olega Ashraf the Aringa County MP says the border closure has affected business between Uganda and Rwanda. He says that it has taken the Government long to explain the tension and what is being done to address it.
Read more ...NRM legislators who are the majority in the house are expected to converge in Kyankwazi later today for their caucus retreat. 306 of the 459 members of the tenth parliament subscribe to the ruling NRM party.
Read more ...The committee observes that the units are currently understaffed, underfunded and police manning the units are not adequately trained to handle sexual violence cases. Without providing the required budget for the unit, the committee recommends that funds should be provided in the next financial year 2019/2020.
Read more ...Presenting the committee’s report to parliament, the chairperson Robina Rwakoojo representing Gomba West said that there are several laws that provide avenues for the protection of learners against sexual violence and punishment of perpetrators but have gaps which need to be urgently addressed.
Read more ...In its report tabled on Thursday, the committee established that sexual violence is widespread in all the institutions of learning visited. The committee, however, noted that the actual prevalence is difficult to determine because many cases are never reported.
Read more ...The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga asked Rugunda whether government is considering issuing a travel advisory to Ugandans like the Kigali government has already done.
Read more ...Tom Butime, the Local Government Minister appealed to the committee to avoid exaggerating expectations and promises to their juniors which he says is the first route to internal failure, conflicts and breakdown in management system.
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