Category: Parliament
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LOP Mpuuga demands report on police attacks
By Denis Okot The Leader of Opposition, Hon. Mathias Mpuuga has demanded for a comprehensive report on the killing of police officers at Busiika Police Station on Sunday, 30 October 2022. Unknown assailants shot and killed Police officers, Alex Wagaluka, the in-charge of Busiika’s Criminal Investigations Department – CID, and police constable, Moses Ongol. The…
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Speaker wants IGG to tackle corruption in private sector
The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Anita Among wants the Inspectorate of Government (IG) to be given mandate to investigate corruption in the private sector. Among said this on Thursday, 20 October 2022 while receiving an annual report from the Inspector General of Government (IGG), Beti Kamya. The Constitution under Chapter 13, Article 225 gives…
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I’m not part of NUP hooligans- Munyagwa
FDC’s strongman and former Kawempe South MP Hon Mubarak Munyagwa has come out to say that he is not and has never supported the National Unity Platform because of its hooligansim and disrespect for people especially by its supporters. Munyagwa was appearing on a weekend political show on one of the TV stations where he…
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Deputy Speaker summons Premier, Ministers over human rights violations
By Our Reporter The Deputy Speaker, Hon. Thomas Tayebwa, has summoned the Prime Minister and party leaders in the House to discuss and try to resolve the unending allegations of human rights violations in the country. The meeting scheduled for Friday, will also involve the Ministers for Security and Internal Affairs, the Leader of the…
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Mafia behind Speaker Among ‘assassination plot’ revealed
Our Reporter Member of Parliament Hon David Kabanda has come out to give more light on the alleged plan of assassinating the Speaker of parliament Hon Anita Among. According to Kabanda, those planning to take away the Speaker’s life are the aggrieved land grabbers who illegally took the public land in Naguru a Kampala surburb…
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IGG to investigate Katuna Border Post construction
By Our Reporter Following a committee report accentuating the shoddy workmanship in the construction of the newly commissioned Katuna Border Post, Parliament has instructed the Inspectorate of Government to carry out an investigation into the matter. Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs conducted an oversight visit to the Katuna Border Post, between Uganda with Rwanda, to…
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MPs want NWSC as benchmark for other Govt works after Katosi water project visit
By Solomon Hans Ruyonga The Parliamentary Committee on The National Economy yesterday took to the Eastern side of greater Kampala to tour the Katosi water project. The expedition started at the Namugongo booster station which pumps water to Naguru reservoir through a 10 km, DN 700 ductile iron clear water pumping main. *Eng Johnson Amayo, the…
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NUP withdraws from EALA elections
The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LoP), Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, has announced the National Unity Platform’s (NUP) decision to shun the forthcoming election of East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) representatives, which commences on 19 September 2022 with nominations. The tenure of the current EALA members ends on 17 December 2022. Mpuuga, during the plenary…
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Deputy Speaker Tayebwa wants anti-malaria supplies manufactured in Uganda
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has asked the private sector in Uganda to invest in manufacturing of anti-malarial products from within the country as a way of creating a more resilient fight against the disease that has persistently ravaged communities. Whereas the national prevalence based on malaria survey stands at 9 percent in the west Nile…
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ICT ministry wants Computer Misuse bill dumped
The Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology and National Guidance wants the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill 2022 withdrawn. The Permanent Secretary, Dr Aminah Zawedde said that her ministry is in the process of bringing a holistic and encompassing bill that will address gaps in the Acts governing the ICT sector including the current Computer Misuse Act…