Security minister Muluri Mukasa has supported the Anti torture bill currently being scrutinized by the legal and parliamentary affairs committee of parliament saying it will outlaw torture. However he suggests that the law should be balanced to protect the people who collect information from suspects which can be used for successful prosecution. Muluri who was […]
Members of the East Africa legislative Assembly have passed the EAC Polythene Materials Control Bill, 2011 aimed at regulating the use of polythene materials. The bill now awaits EAC Heads of State assent to it before it becomes law in the five East Africa Community member states of Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. The Bill moved […]
Ultimate Media The East Africa Legislative Assembly MPs have today managed to pass the Inter University Council for East Africa bill despite heavy protests from the East Africa Council of Ministers. The bill, which was passed by the assembly today, will establish a regional body to accredit universities that wish to establish themselves in the […]
The members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) sitting in Kampalahave today discussed accounts for 2010/11. The session was presided over by EALA speaker, Abdirahin Abdi. EALA opened Kampalasession on January 24th and it will close on 25th February 2012. According on the agenda, the East African MP will on Tuesday debate the Inter-University […]
The Directorate of Ethics and Integrity is in final stages of drafting a bill that will allow individual Ugandans to sue corrupt government ministers, president among other public officials. The bill against the corrupt will be called ‘’quintum bill 2012.’ The bill will allow individual Ugandans to provide information and the Attorney General will be […]
The session of Members of parliament of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) going on in Kampala has entered day three. The session was opened by President Museveni on January 25th 2012. President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya addressed the same EALA session on Wednesday January 25th. The East African Legislative Assembly meeting is sitting in […]
One might think that David Cameroon, the British Premier would cough and Uganda sneezes because he is a leader of one of the world’s super powers. But this is not the case. Recently Cameroon threatened to suspend aid to countries like Uganda that don’t respect gays. However Ugandan MPs have told Cameroon to keep quiet as Uganda is not like England where ‘immoral’ people are accepted. The […]
Members of parliament of the East African Assembly (EALA) have gathered at the Parliament of Uganda for their last session of the second sitting of the East African Legislative Assembly. The security in Kampalaand around the parliament is so tight. The EALA session has been opened by President Museveni. The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) […]
East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) session will sit in Kampalafrom to morrow January 24th to February 2nd this year. According to the programme president Museveni of Uganda and his counterpart of Kenya Mwai Kibaki will address the members during their sitting. The EALA session will sit in the chambers of the parliament of Uganda. President […]
It is very rare to hear stories of someone given a gift of a car and s/he rejects it. However this happened to president Museveni when he gave a car toUganda’s former army commander Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu and he rejected it. Muntu told this informer that by law former army commanders receive cars, house […]