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 …
Read More »Kadaga convoy accident victims demand UGX 400M compensation
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 …
Read More »Envoys bothered about poor quality of elections in Uganda
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 …
Read More »Kafuuzi seeks more time to present bill enabling change of names
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 …
Read More »Political parties cry to parliament over delayed funding from gov’t
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 …
Read More »ICT ministry rejects plea to scrap free airtime for gov’t
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 …
Read More »Parliament queries planned reopening of schools
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 …
Read More »Speaker directs review of taxes on textile following traders’ outcry
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 …
Read More »MPs query cause of death of the late Faith Alupo, woman MP Pallisa district
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament on Tuesday afternoon raised queries on what could have caused the death of their colleague Faith Alupo, the Woman MP for Pallisa district. Alupo died a week ago after a short illness. At the time of her death, …
Read More »Kadaga’s convoy accident victim passes on
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One of the three people who were knocked by the lead car of the speaker’s motorcade in Fort Portal tourism city has died. Karima Mitala breathed his last at his home in Nyabusozi cell in Central Division Fort Portal around 9pm on Sunday. His …
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