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Kampala, Uganda | PWATCHUG| The Deputy Speaker of Par­lia­ment Ja­cob Oulanyah has blamed Pres­i­dent  Yoweri Mu­sev­eni for in­ad­e­quately fund­ing the Elec­toral Com­mis­sion. Oulanyah said this while meet­ing of­fi­cials from the Elec­toral Com­mis­sion led by its Chair­per­son Jus­tice Si­mon Byabakama, who com­plained of lack of funds to hold elec­tions in seven …

Kampala, Uganda | PWATCHUG| For­mer En­ergy Min­is­ter, Syda Bbumba has feigned ig­no­rance of the con­tent in an oil pro­duc­tion shar­ing agree­ment that led to a $157 mil­lion tax waiver to Tul­low Oil Com­pany. Bbumba is in the eye of the storm af­ter Pres­i­dent Yow­eri Mu­sev­eni, while meet­ing leg­is­la­tors on the …

The Employment Act, Labour Unions Act, Labour Dispute Arbitration and Settlement) Act and Occupational Safety and Health Act are some of the laws impeding the work of the Industrial Court, according to the Acting Registrar of the court, Sylvia Nabaggala. Appearing before parliament, Nabaggala listed a plethora of complaints that …

The government students’ loan scheme for the financial year 2017/2018 may not have any beneficiaries after the ministry of finance could not avail funds to the ministry of education for the scheme. The Minister for Education and Sport Janet Museveni told the parliament committee on education and the sports that …

Members of Parliament (MPs) have threatened to block the budget for the tourism industry unless all four bodies involved in the tourism sector have functional boards. In the proposed budget for next financial year, tourism has been allotted Shs89billion but the ministry is requesting for an additional Shs65bn to market …

It had long been talked about and now popular musician Robert Sentamu Kyagukanyi aka Bobi Wine has decided to join active politics after the Kyadondo East seat fell vacant. The Court of Appeal threw out FDC’s Apollo Kantinti over non-compliance with electoral laws by the Electoral Commission after a petition …

It was a confrontational scene in parliament as MPs reacted angrily to officials from Ministry of Finance who refused to incorporate proposals and recommendations made by MPs on the budgeting process. Members of the Budget Committee led by Chairman Amos Lugoloobi lashed out at the officials who included Minister of …

Ugandan musician, activist and humanitarian Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine looks set to finally have a go at politics. Speaking on NTV Wednesday evening, Bobi Wine stated he is considering “offering himself to serve the people” in the now vacant seat at Kyadondo East. “I am not in this for …

Accra, Ghana | AFP | Three members of Ghana’s parliament and a former lawmaker are facing travel bans to Britain over apparent visa irregularities, according to a leaked document seen by AFP on Wednesday. Britain’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, wrote to parliament Speaker Mike Oquaye that the four …

The Court of Appeal has  upheld a lower court decision that nullified the election of FDC’s Apollo Kantinti as Kyadondo East Constituency Member of Parliament (MP). Justices Richard Buteera, Cheborion Balishaki and Paul Mugamba have  unanimously agreed with High Court Judge Henry Kaweesa that there was non-compliance with the electoral …