Rights activists in Uganda are decrying the continued marginalization among citizens despite government signing global protocols geared at improving the rights of their citizens. According to the activists under their umbrella body HURINET many Ugandans have not fully accessed basic rights to mainly targeting education, health, clean water among others with activists still mentioning that the country […]
Local government Finance commission has asked government to increase its financial allocation for better service delivery given that there is increasing creation of new districts. Members of the commission made the appeal while presenting the 2013/2014 annual report to the speaker of parliament today at parliament. The chairperson of the commission Mr. Tom Matte who led […]
Opposition chief whip Cecilia Cecilia Ogwal Atim has criticized government for continuing to detain suspects beyond 48 hours. Ogwal who is also the Woman MP for Dokolo district said that government agencies should be mindful to laws so as they respect the rights of suspects. This follows the arrest of Kilak County MP, Gilbert Olanya, for inciting violence over […]
Development partners are strongly cautioning government on the continued behaviours of increased borrowing which they say will, in the long run, fail faster economic and social development as government will then be engaged in servicing the debts. Speaking in a meeting organized to discuss the way Uganda borrows and the way it uses its resources, […]
Early this morning a litter of piglets was left at parliament. The piglets painted yellow red and blue were left in protest against the act by parliament, mainly the opposition, to dine with the NRM MPs and have the constitutional amendments passed which the jobless brotherhood say was betrayal to the citizens who had a strong input […]
Government said that the UPDF troops will continue to be in South Sudan despite Members of Parliament’s fresh demand for the withdrawal of the troops. Ugandan troops were deployed to South Sudan in December 2013 but on several times have ignored pleas from MPs, mediators and the international community to withdraw its troops from the conflict. […]
Government is concerned about the mushrooming unemployment levels among the youth and need to address the problem permanently. The Minister of Defence Dr Chrispus Kiyonga, while on the floor of Parliament said unemployment is a structural problem in Uganda and therefore needs time to resolve it as one way of creating jobs for the youth. He […]
As climate change effects continue to become real in the face of Ugandans, government is now taking the issue by the horse’s mouth by now undertaking a vulnerability risk assessment in areas that have previously suffered a series of natural disasters associated with climate change. While in the policy action on Climate Change Adaptation Learning […]
Shadow Minister for local Government who is also Mukono municipality Member of Parliament Betty Nambooze appealed to colleagues in parliament to throw out the proposal by Government to create more counties. Yesterday the Minister of local Government Adolf Mwesigye tabled before parliament over 39 counties seeking parliamentary approval. However, Nambooze says that it should not be […]
The parliamentary committee on public service and local government has directed government to kick start the negotiation with the universities’ non-teaching staff on pending strike over their demand for salary increase. The directive was issued by the chairperson of the committee Grace Freedom Kwiyucwiny after the Minister of state for planning, David Bahati, told the committee […]