The Boards of Directors of Disney and 21st Century Fox have approved the transaction, which is subject to shareholder approval by 21st Century Fox, and Disney shareholders, clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, a number of other non-United States merger and other regulatory reviews, and other customary closing conditions. The deal includes Fox’s 39% […]
Doug Jones has become the first Democrat in 25 years to win a US Senate seat for Alabama, after a bitter campaign against Republican Roy Moore for the seat vacated by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions earlier this year. His unexpected victory is a blow to President Donald Trump, who backed Mr. Moore, and narrows […]
A new law is in offing to charge women with rape against men. The parliamentary legislative council is expected to propose a new section to the parliamentary legal committee to be inserted in the sexual offences bill 2015 to charge women with rape. Currently it is only men who have been facing rape charges against […]
The fate of local council election remains unknown after electoral commission saying that they also await directions from the court. The High Court Registrar, Sarah Langa on 13 November issued an interim order restraining EC and the Attorney General from organizing and or conducting the village council elections since senior sic students were left out. […]
Opposition Members of Parliament have given the office of the speaker at parliament up to tomorrow to ensure the security matters of MPs are discussed first before any other business can proceed. This happened as the opposition still shunned today’s plenary sitting after two months of recess where MPs have been making consultations on the constitutional […]
The persons living with disabilities under the National Union of Disabled Persons Uganda (NUDIPU) demand government to allocate 10% of its jobs to persons with disability. The executive director of the national union of persons with disabilities Uganda Edison Ngirabakunzi said that the last national census reveals that 12.4% of the national population is made up of PWDS which […]
The Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah cautioned both former and current Members of Parliament to avoid luxurious life and spending. Oulanyah made the remarks while opening the 14th Annual General Meeting of the Parliamentarian cooperative Savings and Credit Society held at Parliament. ALSO READ:BOU officials grilled over hiring external lawyers to battle court cases Oulanyah says some […]
A section of youth under their association Kick Age Limit Out of the Constitution (KALOC) have supported the constitutional amendment bill number two which looks at lifting presidential age limit in the constitution saying article 102b is discriminatory. The group led by the guild president of IUIU, Kassim Kamugisha was appearing before the committee on […]
Rose Mutonyi Masaba the Bubulo County West MP in Manafwa District has urged youths to embrace operation wealth creation if they are to fight poverty. Addressing journalists at Parliament Mutonyi said that youths don’t want to participate in wealth creation because they think it’s for the elderly people. She noted that many of the youth […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called upon Members of Parliament to consider re-table the pending bills related to protection of children and women. The pending bills include the Sexual Offences bill and Marriage and Divorce bill. Kadaga was addressing a dialogue on ending gender based violence and HIV/Aids organized by the Uganda Women […]