Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has apologized to residents and leadership of Nakaseke district over the delayed upgrade of Luwero-Butalangu road, Butalangu-Kapeeka-Kituuma, and Kapeeka-Kisuule roads among others. She was responding to complaints raised by residents and Nakaseke district officials led by the LCV chairperson, Ignatius Koomu …
Read More »Corrupt gov’t officials fuel disunity among Muslims: Mufti Mubaje
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā The Mufti of Uganda His Eminence Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, has partly blamed the continued disunity among Muslims in the country on a section of government officials, that he says have been fueling disunity among them, to the extent of using corrupt means to mess …
Read More »Parliament adopts a hybrid approach to Prime Ministerās time
Kampala, Uganda |Ā THE INDEPENDENT |Ā Members of Parliament have adopted an amendment to the rules governing Parliament procedures, which will see the legislature adopt a hybrid system during the Prime Ministerās Time. The practice in Commonwealth parliaments is that time is allotted to the Prime Minister to directly answer oral questions …
Read More »PM Nabbanja delays eviction of Sango bay occupants by one month
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā The Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has extended the eviction of people occupying Sango Bay land by one month. The extension was made to allow a final joint assessment of all grievances raised in various reports by the local leaders and the ill-fated occupants. Nabbanja was …
Read More »Gov’t buys pesticides to fight armyworm
Kampala, Uganda |Ā THE INDEPENDENT |Ā Government has procured 23,000litres of pesticides to fight the menacing African armyworm that has ravaged crops in several districts in the country. This was revealed by the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja on Thursday, April 14 2022 while presenting a statement on the Floor of Parliament on …
Read More »Parliament tasks PM Nabbanja on African armyworms
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā Parliament has tasked Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to present a report on the African armyworms that are ravaging crop gardens across the country and the immediate action taken by government. This was during the Tuesday plenary sitting in which a section of Members of Parliament …
Read More »Flood victims in Buliisa protest delayed resettlement
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā More than 3,500 families affected by floods that resulted from the rising water levels of Lake Albert in Buliisa district are protesting their delayed resettlement by the government. The floods displaced thousands of people in Butiaba and Kigwera sub counties and Butiaba town council in …
Read More »President Museveni cautions public servants against sectarianism
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā President Yoweri Museveni has cautioned civil servants against sectarianism while delivering services to the country. President Museveni also asked public servants to treat as satanic any person promoting sectarianism which he described as a poisonous ideology because it sets up communities against each other and …
Read More »PM Nabbanja directs Busia to hire services of Tororo district commission
Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has directed Busia district to hire the services of Tororo District Commission and recruit parish chiefs. The term of the Busia district service commission expired in August last year and since then the district has failed to constitute another commission. The …
Read More »Government could cause job losses in printing industry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Ā There are concerns that companies engaged in printing in Uganda could cut jobs in case government goes ahead to implement a directive on its printing work. In a letter dated August 2021, Robinah Nabbanja, the prime minister is reminding ministries, departments and agencies to offer …
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