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Opposition and ruling party Politicians in Uganda seem to be united as both camps in the 2011 elections come to terms with the implications of Tuesday’s court ruling against MPs who are competing in elections on a different ticket than the one in which they came to the 8th Parliament. The Constitutional Court ruled on […]
The Kingdom of Buganda has said that they will not meet parliament over the Cultural Institutions Bill before they receive the whitepaper with changes the ministers have made to the bill since it was sent back for review. Buganda Kingdom Minister for Infromation, Charles peter Mayiga says that they need to officially received the reviewed […]
Sex Workers in Uganda has appealed for support from the government and other development agencies saying they continue to face a lot of victimization. Different sex workers who were yesterday speaking at an event to mark day against exploitation of sex workers gave testimonies of how they are victimised by their male customers, the police and […]
Kawempe South Member of Parliament Sebuliba Mutumba has called on cabinet to quickly pass the bio-technology and bio-safety policy to protect farmers produce in Uganda. The call follows researchers concerns over the delay in passing the bill which may put the county agricultural produce at risk. In 2009 the Uganda National Council for Science and […]
The government of Bank of Uganda Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile has promised to ensure commercial banks in Uganda are run well run and contribute to the country’s development. He says through the financial services they provide, financial institutions can play an important role in the development of Uganda. He was speaking in Tuesday after Parliament […]
Ultimate Media The Members of Parliament in Uganda have joined the rest of the world to condemn a bomb attack by suspected Somali rebels on a hotel in Mogadishu on Tuesday that left over 32 people dead including Somali MPs. The dead included civilians, security guards, Somali top government officials and Somali Members of Parliament […]
Members of Parliament from the National Resistance Movement party have in the recent past up turned up in small numbers at parliament which is debating the 2010/11 budget at the moment and their small numbers were today on the brink of disrupting parliamentary business. The MPs from NRM are having primary elections for their party […]
Ultimate Media The payment of court costs to former MP for Lubaga South, John Ken Lukyamuzi aka ‘the man’ is still hanging in balance after the Speaker of Parliament, Edward Sekandi distanced itself from responsibility of making the payments. Lukyamuzi in March 2010 won his case for wrongful dismissal from Parliament against the Inspector […]
The Speaker of Uganda Parliament, Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi has mourned the former President of Uganda, Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa, whom he described as a former great president, Uganda’s Attorney General and a Queens Counsel (QC). Sekandi while speaking to journalists at the deceased’s home in Makindye said Binaisa has been one of the Ugandans who have […]
The Prime Minister of Uganda, Prof. Apollo Nsibambi has suggested that the African Leadership Institute starts assessing the Speakers of Parliament since they too represent constituencies in Parliament and are thus members of Parliament. Nsibambi said this at the official launch of the 2008- 2009 scorecard assessment of members of Parliament at Serena Hotel. The […]