Bogotá, Colombia | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight countries including Uganda, Burundi, Czechia, Gambia, Panama, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have pledged to pursue legislation against corporal punishment. These commitments were made at a landmark event in Bogotá, Colombia, where delegations are set to agree on a new global declaration aimed at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Local Government, Raphael Magyezi has said that there is no need to put in place new legislation to facilitate the implementation of the Parish model. Magyezi was on Wednesday, 03 March 2022 appearing before the Local Government Committee where he presented the guidelines …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health practitioners under their umbrella body Uganda Medical Association-UMA, have tasked the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah to champion legislation to improve the healthcare system in the country upon his recovery. Oulanyah is currently hospitalized in Seattle in the United States of America where he …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A pleasant welcome awaits the freshly elected and re-elected members of Uganda’s parliament – all 520 of them. The Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija is hunting for sh165bn to avail Parliament a budget for MPs motor vehicle allowances in the 11th Parliament. Divided by about 520 …
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COMMENT | David Mafabi | Last Thursday, the Parliament of Uganda passed a so-called “Motion of Displeasure” directed at the President of Uganda for, amongst other things “making disparaging remarks against the Speaker and the Parliament of Uganda”! Another charge was, to paraphrase, disregarding “the doctrine of separation of powers”! …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has urged parliamentarians to ensure proper implementation of government projects instead of waiting for postmortem reports from accountability committees. Kadaga made these remarks while addressing the 3rd Annual General Meeting of African Parliamentarians on Development Evaluation in Khartoum, Sudan …
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DHAKA, BANGLADESH: Arua Member of Parliament Morine Osoru, has been elected President of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU). Osoru was elected on Sunday, after beating competition from Russia and Zambia. The legislator is part of the Ugandan delegation that is attending the 136th IPU …
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