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Parliament stays approval of UGX 292Bn supplementary budget after letter is ready from the Uganda Land Commission   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has postponed the approval of a Shillings 292billion Supplementary budget request by the government to among others procure more facemasks, ambulances and compensate Lusanja land eviction victims. …

🔴 Eastern 144 🔴 Western 135 🔴 Northern 127 🔴 Central 105 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eastern Uganda has more Members of Parliament compared to the other regions. The current composition of Parliament gives the eastern region a total of 144 legislators followed by the western region which has …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Members of Parliament have asked the government to explain circumstances under which Tobacco farmers from Bunyoro sub-region, who are owed money by private companies will be paid off.     The matter follows a supplementary budget request of 291 billion Shillings, which among others, proposes an …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Members of the Health Committee of Parliament want financially stable Ugandans to pay for COVID-19 vaccination, and let the government allocation go to the less privileged and most vulnerable communities.   The Ministry of Health announced earlier that it has placed an order for 18 million …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked the Ministry of Gender Labor and Social development to brief Parliament on the plight of stranded migrant workers in Saudi Arabia. Kadaga’s decision followed the presentation of a matter of national importance by the Bugabula South MP …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Members of Parliament have questioned President Yoweri Museveni’s directive to the Ministry of Finance to suspend activities of the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) in the country over alleged subversion of government activities. DGF is the single biggest donor basket established by Development Partners to provide …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Internal Affairs Gen. Jeje Odongo has told parliament that government cannot trace 31 of the 44 who have allegedly been kidnapped in the country in the past month. He said seven of the cases he has investigated were not kidnapped but …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Budget Committee of Parliament has questioned a request of 56.523 billion Shillings by the Electoral Commission. A portion of the funds is required to facilitate electoral activities that have already taken place.  According to EC Secretary Leonard Mulekwa, although the commission needed 93 billion …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development wants an additional 292.394 Billion shillings to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and support the economy.        This is the fourth supplementary requested by the Ministry since Parliament approved the 45.5 trillion budget …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Internal Affairs Gen. Jeje Odongo has asked Parliament for more time to enable him present a statement on the violation of human rights during elections and kidnaps. Gen. Odongo was today expected to present a statement on the matter after he made …