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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked the Ministry of Health to report to Parliament every two weeks on the status of the International Specialized Hospital in Lubowa. This was after the Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng on Thursday presented a statement on …

Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |   The speaker of Parliament has expressed her disappointment in Uganda Revenue Authority for continuing to levy taxes on the sun screen Lotion. Sun screen Lotion helps people living with Albinism against the sun rays that cause cancer. The speaker was speaking on Friday at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The speaker of Parliament has expressed her disappointment in Uganda Revenue Authority for continuing to levy taxes on the sunscreen lotion. Sunscreen Lotion helps people living with Albinism against the sun rays that cause cancer. The speaker was speaking on Friday at a thanksgiving ceremony …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament witnessed an unprecedented attack against the Government Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa by the Kyankwanzi Woman MP, Ann Maria Nankabirwa. The Kyankwanzi Woman MP couldn’t take it when Government Chief Whip dropped her from the Natural Resources Committee where she has been serving as a …

Kabarole Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has promised to do whatever it takes to push for electoral reforms that will enable older persons to have representatives in parliament. She made the pledge while launching a Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization – SACCO for older persons …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Both parliament and the executive can’t take any unilateral decision on the administration of Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL), Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has ruled. She made the ruling during plenary on Tuesday in response to last week’s request by Aringa South MP, …

Why the new proposal is bad for the country’s sugar industry Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Ugandan sugar millers, cane farmers and the government have for sometime been at loggerheads over a proposal to introduce zoning in the sugar cane growing areas. The proposed Sugar Bill, 2016, seeks to …

Farmers petition Speaker on sugar cane zoning |THE INDEPENDENT | Sugar cane growers associations of Masindi, Mukono and Busoga have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga over sugar cane zoning to reject the idea terming it as an out-dated model that believes in wealth accumulation by rent-seeking behaviours i.e., …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has resumed her duties after close to a month’s absence due to illness. Kadaga resumed business by launching the Commonwealth Parliamentary conference website in her boardroom.  Kadaga fell ill on March 21st and was first hospitalized reportedly suffering exhaustion …

Why NRM doesn’t want to talk about it Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | In 2021 when Uganda goes to the next polls, President Yoweri Museveni will be 77 years. At the next polls in 2026, he will be 82 years and possibly one of the oldest state leaders in …