Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Alfonse Owinyi-Dollo has asked the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to use her energy for better things other than interfering in the work of the judiciary. Speaking on Monday afternoon at Mestil Hotel in Kampala, while opening the annual Registrars and Magistrates’ Conference, …
Read More »PM Nabbanja asks Archbishop to end church politics
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Premier Robinah Nabbanja has asked Kampala Archbishop Paul Ssemogerere to order politics out of the church, or else unhappy believers opt out. She said this during the requiem service for former Democratic Party President and Minister, Dr. Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere, who was eulogized by many …
Read More »Speaker Among gives minister’s ultimatum on tabling action reports
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker Anita Among, has given Ministers up to Tuesday, 22 November 2022 to present action taken reports to the House. Rule 220 of the Rules of Procedure states that a Minister shall submit to Parliament an action taken report detailing what actions have been taken …
Read More »Lack of funding delaying decentralization of cancer treatment: UCI
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lack of funding and competing priorities are delaying the government’s efforts to decentralize cancer treatment in Uganda, the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, heard Wednesday during her tour at Uganda Cancer Institute. In 2018, the government announced plans to establish five regional cancer treatment centers in …
Read More »Nabbanja under fire over New York expenses
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja is under fire over unpaid expenses she incurred while on her official travel to New York during the UN General Assembly in September. A letter penned by Uganda’s Ambassador to the UN, Adonia Ayebare, to the Office of the Prime …
Read More »Nabbanja orders special audit on road works in greater Luwero districts
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has ordered a special audit on road works in greater Luwero districts. On Friday, Nabbanja summoned district leaders and technical staff from the districts of Luwero, Nakaseke, and Nakasongola for an assessment on service delivery. At the meeting held at Luwero …
Read More »Gulu businessmen petition PM Nabbanja over UGX 1Bn arrears
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven businessmen in Gulu city have petitioned Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to help them recover Shillings 1 billion for supplies to Countryside Harvesters, a local Non Governmental Organization. The businessmen accuse Solomon Okello, the Director of Countryside Harvesters in Gulu city of failing to pay …
Read More »Gov’t response to Mbale floods was prompt: Nabbanja
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has dismissed part of the report of the Opposition on disasters in the Elgon region that fault government for acting with negligence during the recent floods that hit Mbale city. Nabbanja said government had not only provided relief items but was …
Read More »Gov’t launches UGX 876Bn energy response plan for refugees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Refugees and host communities across 13 districts in Uganda are to benefit from a multi-billion sustainable energy response plan. The three-year project funded by the German Development Agency, GIZ, will cost 876 Billion Shillings and will enable refugees and the host communities to attain access to …
Read More »PM Nabbanja assures country on fuel reserves
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business, Robinah Nabbanja has said that government has the fuel reserves to run the country in case of a crisis. Nabbanja made the assurance while responding to a matter of national importance raised by Hoima City Woman Member of …
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