Tag Archives: Rebecca Kadaga

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has demanded that extra days be allocated for the nomination exercise of MPs. This is after the government said that married women will have to follow the standard procedure of the use of a deed poll if they are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has called on youth in Uganda to create legacies in climate change by planting trees when they make any achievements in a bid to improve the country’s forest cover. The Speaker said that there is need to promote stakeholder involvement in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want the 70-person limit on congregations in places of worship to be increased according to the size of the churches and mosques. According to Busia Municipality MP Hon. Geoffrey Macho, the ability by places of worship to observe standard operating procedures and …

Fort Portal, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The families of three people who knocked by the lead of the speaker’s convoy in Fort Portal Tourism City are demanding compensation of Shillings 400 million. The accident occurred on August 3, 2020, at Boma as the speaker, Rebecca Kadaga was heading out …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ambassadors in Uganda have said Uganda has failed to make improvements when it comes to elections processes despite continued recommendations from observers and the Judiciary. The Ambassadors under their organisation, the Partners Development Group (PDG) comprising representatives from the European Union (EU),  the United …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General Jackson Kafuuzi has asked Parliament for more time to prepare a bill that will allow married women to change their names in a bid to contest for electoral positions. Kafuuzi has been under pressure from MPs to draft a bill following …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Political parties have asked Parliament to compel the government to pay 10 billion Shillings support for political activities as many of them are currently struggling to operate. The funding, currently at 10 billion Shillings distributed to the Political parties under the Inter-Party Organization for Dialogue …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The government has declined to abandon a policy requiring private broadcasters to provide free airtime for government messages. This position was communicated by the Ministerof Information, Communication Technology and National Guidance Judith Nabakooba during an interaction with the Rural Broadcasters Association (RUBA) and the Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Minister of Education and Sports to immediately provide a clear plan of re-opening schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The directive followed a statement by the Minister of State for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo about …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to review taxes on imported textile, following uproar from traders who said the new tax regime is prohibitive. In a meeting with the United Textile Group and Manufacturers’ Association …