Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 10th Parliament has come to an end with the approval of five loans worth 4.8 trillion shillings in a few days. Parliament’s five-year term concludes today, Tuesday the 11th of May 2021 according to the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga. On Monday, Parliament approved two loans …
Read More »Parliament approves sh1.4 trillion loan for Malaba Railway Project
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have approved a loan request worth 1.39 Trillion Shillings for the refurbishment of the Kampala-Malaba Meter Gauge Railway Project. The approval in a plenary sitting Chaired by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga followed the approval of a report by the National …
Read More »Kadaga slams PM Rugunda on speakers election dates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A letter written by Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda about the dates for the election of the new Speaker of Parliament was unnecessary, according to the current Speaker Rebecca Kadaga. The Clerk to Parliament last week released the swearing-in program of the MPs to the …
Read More »UK PM invites devolved leaders to Union summit after local elections
London UK | XINHUA | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited the leaders of the devolved nations to a summit on how “Team UK” can recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, local media reported Sunday. The latest development came after Scotland’s First Minister and leader of the Scottish National Party …
Read More »LOP calls for boycott of Museveni’s swearing-in ceremony
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Members of Parliament have called for the boycott of President Museveni’s swearing-in ceremony. The MPs, Atkins Katusabe the Bukonzo West MP and shadow Minister Foreign Affairs and the Leader of Opposition and Gulu Woman MP Betty Aol Ochan are …
Read More »Parliament approves amendment of NMS, NDA acts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved the amendment of the National Medical Stores-NMS and National Drug Authority-NDA acts. This follows Parliament’s adoption of the Public Accounts Committee- PAC Central Government report on the findings of the Auditor-General on the Health Sector for the financial years 2016/2017 to 2019/2020. In …
Read More »NMS speaks on drug storage amid heated debate in parliament
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has recommended that National Medical Stores-NMS should face competition with other players in the field. Legislators this Thursday afternoon approved parliament’s Public Accounts Committee- PAC, report carrying a recommendation that the monopoly of National Medical Stores be stopped. The report on the findings of …
Read More »Maracha county MP Oguzu Lee joins race for deputy speaker
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Maracha county Member of Parliament Denis Lee Oguzu has joined the race for the deputy speaker of the 11th parliament. Oguzu announced his bid on Wednesday evening while addressing members of the West Nile press in Arua city. He said there is an urgent …
Read More »Parliament rejects proposal for speakers voluntary resignation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has rejected a proposal that would provide for the voluntary resignation of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker. Clement Obote Ongalo, the chairperson of the Rules, Privileges and Discipline commitee of Parliament had fronted the proposal on grounds that the current Rules of Procedure …
Read More »Gov’t plans law to facilitate merger, disbandment of agencies
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has proposed to have an omnibus law that will facilitate the merger and disbandment of agencies created by Acts of Parliament and those that are constitutional. This is carried in a statement by the Minister of State for Public Service, David Karubanga presented …
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