Tag Archives: Betty Nambooze

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The hospital in the United States of America where Mukono Municipality MP, Betty Nambooze Bakireke is receiving treatment has written to the Speaker of Parliament indicating that the MP might stay longer than anticipated. In a letter dated August 3, 2022, to the Speaker of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Last week, Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament Betty Bakireke Nambooze travelled to the United States of America for treatment after she had been cleared by the Uganda Medical Board. This development came after three years of being rebuffed several times by the Uganda Medical Board, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Government Assurance and implementation has tasked the Ministry of Public Service to explain the unending industrial action by medical workers. This was as the Minister of State for Public Service, Grace Mugasa and the Minister of State for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of legislators have called on government to prepare comprehensive constitutional amendments to avoid the current trend where Members of Parliament are moving private members’ bills. These concerns were raised as MPs debated a motion to grant Igara East representative, Michael Mawanda, leave of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament Betty Nambooze Bakireke has blamed the recent invasion of her residence by unidentified machete thugs on the government failure to protect opposition politicians. According to Nambooze, despite appearing on a list of people marked for assassination, she has never …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government Assurances Committee of Parliament has asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to provide a list of 699 Ugandans holding diplomatic passports. The committee’s probe follows concerns of Ugandans holding diplomatic and official passports obtained through irregular channels. According to the committee chairperson …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen of the 54 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that were suspended in August are engaging government to have their suspension lifted. Of the 54, 23 NGOs were suspended by the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organisations for operating with expired permits, 15 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is still holding it’s recognition of the Taliban government, with Minister of State for International Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem saying no formation of a new government has been brought to the attention of Kampala. Minister Okello Oryem said when the formation of the government is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono municipality commercial officer Minisa Namukose has instructed banks to stop disbursing money to Savings Credit and Cooperative Societies-SACCOs registered under the Emyooga initiative. This follows irregularities unearthed during the assessment of the program by Members of Parliament. The government disbursed 560 Million Shillings to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament sitting on the government Assurance Committee, mainly from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party have criticized their chairperson for not being tolerant following firm stance not to meet the President if need arises. This was during the committee …