As Majority of the longest serving ministers and members of parliament lost in the just concluded parliamentary elections, those who survived speak out on how they made it. One of the ministers who has been in parliament for more than two terms Ruth Nankabirwa says although the election process was too tough, including her being challenged for over stay, she explains […]
President Museveni has made a mini cabinet reshuffle in which he has named veteran politician Kirunda Kivejinja as Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs. The President also appointed Bukedea Woman MP Rose Akol as the Internal Affairs minister, replacing the late General Aronda Nyakairima who passed away in September this year, Hon […]
The commissioner children and youth, Mondo Kyateka, reveals that they are in the final stages of forwarding the reviewed Children’s act of 1996 and the early childhood development policy to cabinet for approval before the end of this year. Speaking at the launch of a report dubbed The unfinished business of girl’s rights by Plan International today in Kampala, […]
The Local Government Minister, Hon. Adolf Mwesigye confirmed that cabinet is expected to approve 5 new cities in the country in a couple of weeks from now following, a thorough check for all the guidelines needed for a place to be elevated to the level of a city. According to the Minister, over 15 municipalities applied […]
Members of Parliament have started debating the Constitutional Amendment bill 2015 after the Cabinet agreed to withdraw the contested clause 4(1) (g) in the proposed constitutional amendment bill, which sought to amend clause 83 of the Constitution on the matter related to MPs crossing from one political party to another. This was communicated to parliament by […]
Parliament has approved a contentious clause 26 under the Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) bill 2014 giving powers of signing PPP agreements to cabinet. This happened amid protests from the opposition saying that this is another way of mortgaging the country. The cabinet will now negotiate Public Private Partnerships businesses without involving parliament. The President rejected the Public Private […]
President Yoweri Museveni has warned ministers against unnecessary travel and absconding from cabinet meetings. The president is expressing concern that many of the ministers do not attend cabinet meetings and do not even bother to inform or seek permission from the Vice President or Prime Minister who chair the Cabinet. He says he is to […]
In his capacity as the president of Uganda, President Museveni reshuffled his state ministers on Wednesday. Here is the full list of new state ministers: Office of the President: 1. Minister of State for Economic Monitoring – BANYENZAKI HENRY 2. Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity – LOKODO SIMON Office of the Vice President: […]
s In his capacity as the president of Uganda, president Museveni has reshuffled his cabinet ministers. The new list of ministers goes as follows: 1. PRESIDENT & COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF – YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI 2. VICE PRESIDENT – EDWARD SEKANDI 3. Rt. Hon. Prime Minister – AMAMA MBABAZI 4. 1st Deputy Prime Minister & Minister in-Charge of […]
Uganda government cabinet has today tabled before Uganda Parliament a motion that seeks to create more 25 new districts. If these districts are approved Uganda would have 137 new districts. The sources in the Uganda government cabinet told us that the districts to be created include Kagadi, Kakumiro, Omoro, Namisindwa, Pakwach, Butebo, Rukiga, Rubanda, Kyadondo, […]