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Uganda Parliament to get alternate panel of Speakers

Parliament will soon appoint a panel of Speakers to preside over the house in the absence of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. This is contained among several proposals tabled by the Parliament Standing Committee on Rules Privileges and Discipline in parliament . The Committee chaired by West Budama North MP  Fox Odoi proposes that four assistant Speakers […]

Parliament Rules Committee apologises to Vice President

The members of parliament on Rules , privileges and discipline have apologized to the vice president Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi foe directing to him summons to appear the committee to enable them understand whether the refusal of two minister accused of oil bribery not to step aside was a contempt of parliament. The mps on this […]

Parliament backtracks on summoning Vice president Sekandi

Legislators on the Rules, Privileges and Discipline committee this afternoon made a u-turn on its invitation to the Vice President to appear before them. The committee ,chaired by Fox Odoi, invited Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi to appear before the committee to give his view on contempt of Parliament following refusal by Prime Minister, Amama Mbabazi and […]

Judge, MP named in NFA fraudulent US $1.9 Million deal

Former NFA lawyer Molly Karuhanga has named three senior personalities in the controversial award US$1.9m to a local company Beachside Development Ltd. Appearing before the public accounts committee (Pac) chaired by Maxwell Akora (Maruzi), Karuhanga who even shed tears before the committee as she tried to defend herself on the controversial payment named west budama […]

Independents Member of Parliament form own caucus

Independents Member of Parliament have formed their own concuss. The group has been named the parliamentary independents plat form and made up of 43 independents MPs in the house. The group is chaired by Kibanda County MP Sam Otada with Tororo municipality MP Sanja Tana as his deputy. The Mpigi woman MP Mariam Nalubega is […]

More candidates join Race for Deputy Speaker of Parliament

The Member of Parliament for Ndorwa East constituency, Wilfred Nuwagaba has declared his candidature for the office of Deputy Speaker of the 9th parliament. Nuwagaba said that he has adequate reasonable qualifications and experience required for leading the parliament. He says that he has been in parliament and has been forced to stand in order […]