Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss a petition in which Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake is challenging the decision to remove him as a member of the P. Zaake was impeached by Members of Parliament on March 10, following …
Read More »Opposition MPs protest Zaake’s removal from Parliamentary Commission
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament from the Opposition have questioned the manner in which the Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake was removed from the Parliamentary Commission. On Thursday, the House needed 265 MPs to vote in favour of the motion seeking to remove Zaake from the Parliamentary Commission. …
Read More »Mapenduzi files notice seeking Zaake’s removal from Parliamentary Commission
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Martin Ojara Mapenduzi, the Bardege-Layibi Division member of parliament has filed a notice with the Clerk to Parliament seeking the removal of Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake from the office of the Parliamentary Commission. “Pursuant to Rule 56 (1) and 110 of the Rules of Procedure …
Read More »MPs secretly append signatures to censure MP Zaake
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament mainly from the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party are secretly signing a motion seeking to drop Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake from the Parliamentary Commission. Sources indicate that more than 200 legislators have already appended signatures on the document that is reportedly …
Read More »Minister Kasaija defends parliamentary commission budget cuts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija has justified the budget cuts on the Parliamentary Commission, saying that it was necessary to help the country meet urgent Covid-19 medical needs. According to Kasaija, the decision was taken by Cabinet to cut money appropriated for travel and workshops …
Read More »Parliamentary commission protests budget cuts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Commission has protested budget cuts to Parliament saying that these have crippled the work of the House committees. Parliament appropriated 831 billion Shillings for the Parliamentary Commission for the financial year 2021/2022, but available information indicates that the budget was cut by 80 …
Read More »Slow works on new chamber irks Parliamentary Commission
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Commission is dissatisfied with the pace of the construction works of the new chamber which was expected to be completed in July 2020. The Shillings 206 billion project started in August 2017 and is being undertaken by Roko Construction Limited. The building …
Read More »Court orders MPs to return COVID-19 money
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has ordered all Members of Parliament who benefited from the Shillings 10 billion allocated to them for COVID-19 activities to deposit it back with the Parliamentary Commission, district or Covid-19 National Task Force. Justice Michael Elubu issued the orders on Wednesday afternoon …
Read More »Parliament Challenges Former MP Kipoi’s UGX 10 Billion Claim
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Commission has denied deducting emoluments and mileage allowances for the former Bubulo West Member of Parliament Tonny Kipoi. According to Kipoi, the commission deducted 254 million Shillings from his emoluments and 214 million Shillings from his mileage allowances between 2011 and 2014, when …
Read More »Parliament in catch-22 over Obore’s ‘irregular’ appointment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When The Parliamentary Commission sought to recruit a Director of Communications and Public Affairs, in 2012, Hellen Nanteza Kaweesa, the current Deputy Director CPA was the sole applicant for the position. Kaweesa had secured a nod from the interview panel for a promotion to the …
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