Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has said that religious leaders are to blame for the delayed enactment of the Marriage law. The law which covered a wide range of marriage, divorce and gender issues, including bride-wealth, marital rights, dissolution of marriage, and the rights …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government spent 1.15 trillion Shillings without parliament approval during the Financial Year 2018/2019. This is carried in a report of the Auditor-General for the year ended December 2019 presented to Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga. Government-approved a budget of 32 trillion Shillings for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Auditor-General John Muwanga has warned that the delayed provision of funds to facilitate the organization of the 2021 general election, will affect the smooth running of the process. The Electoral Commission requires 796.88 billion shillings for the organization of the presidential, parliamentary …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga says that garnishee orders against government are pre-arranged to defraud public finances. A garnishee order is a directive by court to allow creditors recover debt from a third party. The order can be carried out by taking money …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Auditor-General John Muwanga has queried the absence of a Petroleum Investment Framework to guide investment of funds under the Petroleum Revenue Investment Reserve in Bank of Uganda. While presenting his audit report for the year ended December 2019 to Speaker of Parliament Rebecca …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vincent Ssempijja, the Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Minister, has differed with parliament on the suspension of operations by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF Fisheries Unit against illegal fishing activities. In December last year, parliament resolved to halt the operations of the UPDF Fisheries Unit …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government intends to collect Shillings 21.54 trillion in domestic revenue in the 2020/2021 financial years to finance the proposed Shillings 39.64 trillion election year budget. This is slightly lower than the Shillings 40.48 trillion, budget for this financial year. According to the Budget framework paper …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | During each session of parliament, the Speaker of parliament directs the Rules, Discipline and Privileges Committee to investigate allegations of misconduct against some legislators. The committee is mandated to investigate complaints of contempt of parliament, breach of privileges and indiscipline among others. The Committee conducts …
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Remove of army representation Restrict Ministers to 21 Repeal office of RDCs Repeal office of Prime Minister Reinstate Presidential term limits Involve judiciary in appointing Electoral Commission member Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition has tabled the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2019. Bukoto …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has tasked the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF to present a list of its soldiers and officers who have been disciplined for misconduct and rights violations. According to Kadaga, over time, there has been gross misconduct and the violation …
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