Tag Archives: Rebecca Kadaga

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has urged journalists to refrain from writing stories on issues that Parliament has not made final decision in the House. She made the appeal in a meeting today with some members of the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA). Kadaga …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministers own companies that are involved in the exportation of domestic workers abroad, the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has said. The Speaker was on Wednesday officiating at the Anti-slavery workshop at Golden Tulip hotel in Kampala. The workshop was an engagement of different …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that as Uganda allocates more resources to interest repayment, key social services are being starved which will, in turn, impact health, schools, and job creation. In its latest economic outlook report for Uganda after the executive consultations on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Talk on the contentious Sugar Bill dominated the thanksgiving prayers for the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga at Christ Cathedral Bugembe in town council in Jinja district on Sunday. Several speakers including political, religious and cultural leaders expressed their disappointment with the Sugar Bill that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has urged the Buganda Parliamentary Caucus to support the people of Busoga in opposing clauses in the Sugar Bill that are not in the interest of sugarcane out growers. Kadaga is opposed to the proposed zoning of cane growers, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has faulted the Trade Committee of parliament for rushing the Sugar Bill 2016 and overstepping their mandate. Kadaga, who has been away for close to a month because of ill health expressed her concern in a meeting with Busoga …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Government Irene Mulyagonja has declined to investigate Bugisu Cooperative Union-BCU. In February 2019 the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga asked the IGG to investigate allegations of corruption against the leadership of BCU. Kadaga’s request came after some members of BCU …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has returned to the country after spending three weeks at Aga Khan Hospital in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Information from the Speaker’s office indicates that Kadaga returned to the country on Saturday. Her Principal Press Secretary, Sam Obbo confirmed …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is yet to persuade Members of Parliament on two key proposals carried in the Administration of Judiciary Bill whose report is awaiting debate by parliament. Ruth Nankabirwa, the Government Chief Whip on Tuesday told Journalists at Parliament that the majority National Resistance Movement …