The Member of Parliament for Katikamu North, Eng. Ibrahim Byandala is one of the people that has been implicated in a financial scandal in which Kampala City Council (KCC) failed to account for about 79 million Uganda shillings which it purportedly used for procuring spare parts for vehicles, repairs and servicing of KCC’s vehicles. In […]
The Uganda state minister for defence Gen. Jeje Odong has indicated that the new machine to destroy firearms will help control emissions and thus help in environmental conservation. Speaking at a ceremony to receive the new machine donated by the British government to help destroy unwanted firearms mostly captured by Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) […]
The Uganda government Minister of Relief and Disaster Preparedness Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere has indicated that the Uganda opposition alliance called the Inter Party Cooperation (IPC) is incapable of winning the coming Uganda 2011 general elections because of its poor strategies. Kabwegyere told Journalists at Parliament that the alliance strategy will not help it win elections […]
Various Journalists of the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association have appealed to government to change the name of the Marriage and Divorce Bill because it doesn’t sound positive. The name of the bill has on a number of occasions been changed with the most recent being change from Domestic Relations Bill to the Marriage and Divorce […]
The Uganda Parliamentary Committee of Local Government Accounts has blocked the re-appointment of the Town Clerks and the Chief Administrative Officers (CAO’s) of various towns and districts in Uganda because of their questionable reputations. According to the recent Auditor General’s report, most of the top government officials at the district level have been implicated for […]
The Woman Member of Parliament for Soroti district Alice Alaso has urged Uganda Members of Parliament to seriously pray for the nation to enable it successfully and peacefully go through the 2011 Uganda general elections. The coming Uganda elections are becoming a concern to the general public for fear of degenerating into bloodshed if poorly […]
A new research on political pluralism and democracy in Uganda has pinned the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) for derailing democracy in the country through its acts of intimidating voters. The research conducted by the German firm Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in seven districts of Uganda says the voting process has been marred by intimidation from Uganda Military. […]
The Buganda Kingdom deputy Information minister Medadi Ssegona Lubega has tendered his resignation to contest for the Busiro Member of Parliament in Wakiso district in the coming 2011 Uganda general elections. The Busiro East MP position is currently held by Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) youthful MP Susan Nakawuki. The outspoken Buganda deputy information minister […]
The Uganda Women Network has recommended that the government should train judges and other judicial officers in Uganda on issues related to domestic violence if the government is to ensure that the Domestic Violence Act achieves the purpose for its enactment. This comes about eight months after the enactment of the Act which was passed […]
The Uganda Law Reform Commission has promised to strike out all clauses in the Marriage and Divorce Bill that are related to property rights of cohabiting couples. This follows intense criticism of the sections in the Marriage and Divorce bill that gave rights of married people to cohabiting couples after a man and woman spend […]