Tag Archives: IPU

Cape Town, S.A. | Xinhua | The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has appointed Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, to its task force to mediate in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, South Africa’s parliament said on Wednesday. The appointment was made after the global organization of national parliaments adopted a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Female Speakers of parliaments in the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) have called for increased economic empowerment of women and financial inclusion. The speakers and presiding officers made the call during a virtual meeting of the 13th Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament organized by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Arua Municipality Member of Parliament Kassiano Wadri has appealed to the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) to expeditiously investigate gross human rights violations in Uganda before the 2021 general elections take place. The Inter-Parliamentary Union Standing Committee on Human Rights for parliamentarians sponsored a resolution …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has allayed concerns raised by the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Egypt, Ali Abdel-Aal, on the use of the River Nile whose basin is situated on Lake Victoria in Uganda. Kadaga said this during a bilateral meeting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speakers under the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) have expressed the need to have Parliaments across the world share in the responsibility of protecting the rule of law and human rights. According to Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, the exclusion of Parliaments stand on the universal …

Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has stressed the need for the Executive to respect the independence of Parliament, saying it is an inevitable balance required in strengthening democratic governance. Kadaga said issues relating to the independence of Parliament; its responsiveness in addressing service delivery needs of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have paid tribute to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, over what they termed as, “consistently upholding and protecting Uganda’s cultural values.” Legislators meeting at the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva from 14 to 18 October, 2018 voted to ban debate …

THIS WEEK: LGBT Agenda banned at IPU meet Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators meeting in Geneva have voted to ban debate on the subject of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) at the Inter Parliamentary Union ever again. The Ugandan delegation led by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga led the move …

MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Secretary General of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) has called on African legislators to use their constitutional mandate to prioritise issues of food security and malnutrition, which he said was on the increase in the continent. Speaking to MPs at a high level …

St. Petersburg, Russia | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inter-Parliamentary Union must condemn the reported human rights atrocities committed against mostly Muslims in Myanmar before similar occurrences happen in other countries, Ugandan legislator Latif Ssebaggala has said. Ssebaggala (Ind., Kawempe North), making a contribution during the ongoing 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) …