The government is set to deploy police officers in Kampala city to supervise the works of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) enforcement team following the death of a city vendor last week. A 35 years old Olivia Kasemere on Friday drowned in Nakivubo channel after she was said to be running away from KCCA enforcement officers who […]
Members of Parliament on the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs are bitter with State house over blocking them from meeting the President. While meeting the Minister of State for International Affairs Okello Oryem the chairperson of the foreign Affairs committee Rose Mutonyi said that they tried to reach the president through state house to voice […]
The Uganda law society has called for the withdrawal of the proposed land amendment bill which seeks to give powers to government to acquire land and later compensate the owner as the intended project goes on. The President of Uganda law society Francis Gimara and council member Kinobe Simon Peter in a meeting at Golf course hotel in Kampala […]
Parliament has this afternoon eulogized to the former UPC party chairperson Edward Rurangaranga who passed away on Monday. The body of the late Rurangaranga was received by the deputy speaker Jacob Oulanyah at mid-day accompanied by government chief whip Ruth Nankabirwa and UPC president Jimmy Akena. The motion to pay tribute to Rurangaranga was brought […]
State Minister for Agriculture, Christopher Kibazanga, has retaliated a warning to coffee farmers saying government is more than ready to continue closing coffee factories that continue to produce and deal in poor quality coffee. Kibazanga while speaking at the coffee meeting in Kampala recently said that this action is geared towards giving the country a […]
Kasanda County South MP, Simeo Nsubuga, last week accused the opposition for being behind the attacks and humiliation of MPs who debate and discuss on the issue of lifting the age limit of the President. This was during the plenary sitting in Parliament last week as he explained circumstances for his scuffle in Mubende where […]
Illegal miners in Mubende are running away from the mining areas following government’s exercise of registering local miners in this place in the district. Gold artisan and small scale gold miners in Mubende who are leaving under fear following alleged presidential directive to evict them from the area are also now going through registration to separate […]
Bujumba County MP, Julius Mukasa Opondo, has asked government to withdraw the contentious land bill which seeks to amend Article 26 of the Constitution to allow government to take compulsory possession of private land to build infrastructure and investment projects without going through compensation disputes. The Constitution Amendment Bill 2017 on land is currently under scrutiny […]
Chwa West County Member of Parliament in Kitgum district, Okin Ojara has appealed to Parliament to protect them from prostitutes who he said have brought their business closer to the August house. Ojara who was raising the matter on the floor of Parliament during the Prime Minsiter’s question time said he recently found naked ladies […]
The Minister for Energy, Irene Muloni, has been tasked on ensuring that Presidential power pledges are fulfilled to enable Ugandans in different communities to engage in meaningful projects. Members of Parliament sitting on the Infrastructure Committee led by Mukono North MP,Muyanja Senyonga, asked the minister to act on the pledges because many of the them […]