The district female speakers have petitioned to the speaker calling for the government to approve their sitting allowance of 600,000 shillings. The 16 female district speakers while meeting the speaker Rebecca Kadaga said that the former local government minister Adolf Mwesige approved this amount to be paid to each district speaker but when the new minister […]
Telecommunication Company MTN Uganda has today signed a deal with pay TV giants StarTimes Uganda that will ensure that the firm offer special MTN TV bundles for viewers to watch TV content for as low as 2,000 Uganda shillings for two hours per day using the StarTimes app. According to MTN Uganda Chief Marketing Officer […]
Parliament has finally passed the budget for the financial year 2018/19 worth 32.5 Trillion shillings. The passed budget includes the recurrent Expenditure of 9.4 trillion shillings, Development Expenditure of 13 trillion shilling s and statutory expenditure of 10 trillion shillings. Parliament also passed the Appropriation Bill, 2018, authorizing the public expenditure from the consolidated fund worth […]
Several Members of Parliament have made a cry to Police and Uganda Communication Commission to intervene in the ongoing scams that are highly targeting them and other high profile people by con-men. This comes at a time when cases of fraud are apparently being reported by almost every MP about thugs that hack into their […]
Eight people accused of kidnap and murder of Susan Magara have re-appeared before Buganda Road Court today. The suspects include; an Imam of Usafi Mosque Mahad Kasalita , 2 boda-boda riders Yusuf Lubega and Muzamiru Ssali, hawkers- Yusuf Lubega and Hussein Wasswa, a teacher -Hajara Nakandi and businessmen-Abubaker Kyewolwa, Hassan Kato Miiro and Ismail Bukenya […]
The Leader of Opposition in Parliament,Winfred Kiiza, has demanded for a total overhaul of parliamentary police security which she describes as ‘full of disrespecting officers.’ The opposition leader’s cry for change of police officers at parliament came after one of her staff at parliament was arrested under unclear circumstance and taken to CPS without making […]
The Attorney General, William Byaruhanga has asked Ugandan female Members of Parliament to act as exemplary role models for young girls and women who look at them as their heroines. Byaruhanga made the remarks while addressing female members of parliament who head parliamentary committees and their deputies at a training of female head of committees […]
An American tourist has been stung to death by wasps in Bwindi National Park. Gloria Suemiller 65 a resident of Oklahoma USA was a group of eight tourists who were attacked by wasps yesterday morning at Katonyi, Ruhija zone of Bwindi National Park Rubanda district. The group of tourists including the deceased’s husband white Gary Lynn […]
Parliament denies a report that members of parliament salary has been increased. This came after Dokolo North Member of Parliament Paul Amoru complained about reports in the media indicating that salaries of members of parliament are to be increased in the next financial year saying that such reports portray them in bad light. Reports had […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has directed the Attorney General to followup the issue of paying all ex-servicemen, including those who fought in the Second World War. The Ex-servicemen under their Association Uganda Veterans Association Board (UVAB) won a legal suit against the Attorney general but to date government has not yet paid them […]