Members of parliament have expressed anger over the none issuance of National Identification cards to some registered Ugandans which could cause them to miss out voting in the 2016 polls. This as members of parliament were demanding the progress report on the issuance of the National ID. The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga said that there is […]
Members of parliament have recommended that the National Council for Children be repealed and replaced by the Uganda National Children Authority. The recommendation was proposed by the parliamentary committee on Gender, labour and social development and approved by members of parliament while debating the committee report on the Children’s (amendment) bill, 2015 in a session chaired […]
Parliament has passed the Immunisation Bill, 2014 that seeks to reduce morbidity, mortality and disability due to life threatening and preventable infections in children and women of reproductive age. The Private Member’s Bill was moved by Yumbe District Woman Representative Huda Oleru in 2014. Presenting the report of the Health Committee on the Bill, the Chairperson […]
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has blamed Parliament which she chairs for passing three million nomination fees into law which she says blocked many leaders from competing for elective offices. During the plenary session Kadaga who said she was not part of those who passed the decision said the three million was exorbitant and […]
The minister in charge of Kampala Frank Tumwebaze has been summoned to appear before parliament and explain how KCCA came up with the tax levied by the Authority for parliamentary and local council candidates to pin up posters in Kampala City. The directive by speaker Kadaga comes after Lubaga south MP John Ken Lukyamuzi calls for parliament intervention to […]
The member of parliament for Kigulu north in Iganga district Edward Balidawa Kafufu has blamed government for its failure to install the intelligence network system that will monitor the exact proceeds got by telecom companies from things such as airtime and SMS. Edward Balidawa Kafufu who is also one of the members of parliament on the […]
Opposition MPs condemn the action by the police authorities to deploy police officers at hospitals in order to block presidential candidates from accessing them. The opposition chief whip who is also Dokolo woman MP Cecilia Ogwal says this is abuse of state machinery, because where they are being deployed there is no insecurity. Bushenyi municipality MP Odo […]
As the country and the globe continues to grapple with issues of climate change, experts in the gender sector are urging all partners to always consider including minority groups equitably as they move towards combating climate change issues on grounds that they also contribute towards national and global development. Delivering a paper on gender and […]
The aspiring member of parliament for Kawempe North Robinnah Nanyunja has called on the presidential candidates for 2016 to focus on income generating projects for the people to sustain other government services in various sectors. Nanyunja said that they should put programmes that will engage youth for labour production and desist from crimes as they […]
As Uganda today joins the rest of the world to mark the global human rights day, the United Nations Human rights office of the high commissioner country representative to Uganda Uchenna Emelonye has challenged the government to work hard on improving the human rights status in the country. Uchenna adds that though it’s the obligation of […]