Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With 20 days to the dissolution of the 11th Parliament, the house will now start conducting business from Monday to Friday and morning and afternoon to complete pending business. The speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga announced the development during her communication to the plenary on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has tasked the Defense and Veterans Affairs Ministry to explain the status of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) in Somalia following the renewed unrest resulting from the President’s attempts to extend his mandate. The unrest started after President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed signed a …
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Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugarcane farmers from Luuka district have petitioned the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga over their failure to get permits to sell their cane. The over 300 contract farmers were given a go ahead by both Mayuge sugar and Kakira Sugar to grow sugarcane then sell it …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Jinja High Court resident judge Eva Luswata on Thursday granted Salaamu Musumba substituted service. Musumba applied for substituted service on claims that Kadaga or her agents had declined to receive the petition in which she is accused of involvement in vote-rigging and voter bribery during …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Eva Luswata, the Jinja High Court resident judge will hear Salamu Musumba’s application of substituted service against the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga. Musumba applied for substituted service on claims that Kadaga or her agents had declined to receive the petition in which she …
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Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Landslide victims in the Bunambutye resettlement camp in Bulambuli district are seeking the intervention of the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga over the poor living conditions. According to the victims, since they were brought to the camp about two years ago, they have faced various …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has revealed her plans to meet the Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga over the Kabaka’s health. She disclosed this while meeting the newly elected Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA councillors at Parliament this morning. During the meeting, Jeremiah Keeya …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On November 18th.Hajjarah Nakitto was running away from the city with her 15-year old son to escape a riotous situation. Her son, Amos Ssegawa was shot in the mouth and he died on the spot. Her pain and trauma have been prolonged by subsequent events …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | From her teenage son being shot dead, to being forced to exhume his body and later having to re-burry him at the family’s own cost, the story of the mother who has only harvested tears from Uganda’s political contests that she is not part of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Internal Affairs Jeje Odongo has said that Government does not know the whereabouts of the 365 people of the 423 presented as missing by the National Unity Platform (NUP). Odongo was presenting to Parliament a statement on missing persons where he noted that out …
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