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By Ruth Sierra Yoweri Museveni the President of Uganda has ordered deployment of army sharp shooters and the purchase of escort cars for MPs’ protection in his letter to Minister of Finance Matia Kasaijja. This came in shortly after Members of Parliament raised concerns over threats of insecurity particularly, a concern raised by Gulu municipality MP, Hon. Lyandro Komakech during the […]
Parliament has been asked to accelerate the process of amending the Parliamentary Elections Act to incorporate in the element of regulating electoral financing. According to the executive director Alliance for Finance Monitoring Henry Muguzi, much as the current regal regime bans voter bribery, it does not put a cap on the amount of money to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Parliament has passed the Tax procedures code amendment Bill 2018. The Bill provides for the manner in which tax returns are to be furnished to the Revenue Authority. It also requires licensed persons in the business of casinos, lotteries and gaming to furnish weekly and monthly returns in order to manage risk as payouts are done […]
Parliament has dragged the Minister of Security, General Elly Tumwine to the disciplinary committee over insulting the Speaker of Parliament and undermining parliament decision. This came after the decision by parliament ordering him to vacate nnomo Gallery. RELATED: Kadaga orders Gen. Tumwine to vacate nnomo gallery Last week, while receiving and debating the committee of Gender […]
Parliament has ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to supply uniforms to its upcountry police officers whose uniforms are too old and those who could have lost them all along . This came as the minister of state for Internal Affairs, Obinga Kania reported that the police force is currently tailoring uniforms of its officers and […]
Parliament has approved a recommendation by the parliamentary education committee to halt the salary increment of science teacher stating that its discriminatory against arts teachers. The parliamentary committee on education and sports chaired by Connie Nakayenze Galiwanango recommended that the salary increment of the Science teachers in the financial year 2018/19 be put on halt. […]
Parliament has approved the scrapping of the pre-entry examinations for the students joining the Law Development Centre. The decision was taken following a report from the Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs based on ministerial policy statements that were submitted by different sectors to the committee including Law Development Center. The committee report noted that […]