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. […]
Opposition MPs welcomed the Former Premier John Patrick Amama Mbabazi’s decision to stand as an independent presidential candidate for 2016 General elections. They said that Mbabazi’s quitting of NRM will give the opposition a platform to win. Speaking to reporters at Parliament, the Leader of Opposition Phillip Wafula Ogutu said any percentage taken from NRM during elections will […]
Members of Parliament cry for more counties’ creation as they meet the Minister local government over the criteria used by government to propose new counties. MPs claim that many big constituencies were not divided for new counties yet small constituencies were curved out of new ones. MPs comprising of Bugangaizi East MP Marbal Bakeine, Ignatius […]
Members of Parliament under the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Food Security, Population and Development have called for restructuring of the education system to enable youth have enterprising skills. Speaking to journalists ahead of the world population day slated for 11th July the MPs said that the current system has gaps and these gaps should be dealt with […]
Civil society organizations under the Anti corruption coalition Uganda have petitioned the parliamentary commission headed by speaker Kadaga calling it to cut the salaries of all those MPs who dodge parliamentary sittings. In a petition they handed over to one of the parliamentary commissioners also Bukedea women MP Rose Akol by executive director of the […]
Members of Parliament are asked to be involved in the negotiation process in new designed Sustainable Development Goals. MPs under the Uganda parliamentary forum on Millennium Development Goals said that these goals failed to be achieved 100% because they were not included from the start of this project. The MPs, including Theodore Sekikubo, Grace Namara, Jacob […]
Some Members of Parliament said that it’s a shame that cabinet ministers fight each other on minor issues instead of serving the public to enhancement developments in the country. MPs’ clinical digest on alleged ministers in fighting follows press reports that President Museveni is to defuse tension within Cabinet that has led to friction between some […]
Legislators have asked Government to make set top boxes, commonly known as decoders, affordable because it is a constitutional right for every Ugandans to access timely information. This follows government implementation of a phased analogue to digital switch off on June 15, starting with Kampala and areas within a 60-kilometre radius of the capital where thousands […]
City lawyer Bob Kasango has agreed to refund 7.8 billion shillings which he had received through pension scam after serious grilling by Members of Parliament. Bob Kasango decided to refund the money after he agreed with MPs that he got the money through irregular court order. However the Public Accounts Committee chaired by Serere district […]
Members of Parliament sitting on the select committee that is probing school land grabbing in Kampala chaired by Buvuma Islands MP Robert Migadde Ndugwa were shocked to hear that Boost Investment demolished Nabagereka Primary school without any court Order. On the basis of this, furious Members of Parliament on the committee ordered police CID to temporarily […]