Parliament on Thursday (according to MP Nabilah Sempala) had this to say; “there will be no fooling around when it comes to fixing what it termed a “horrid” system that is in “an utter state of disrepair.” We the MPs are willing to back up the truck to raid the state treasury if need be, […]
The recent election into parliament of Usuk county (Katakwi District) MP, Proscovia Alengot Oromait raised so many questions. Ms Oromait, 19, is believed to be the youngest MP in Africa. “Can she sit on parliamentary committees? Can she debate issues with sufficient clarity and intelligence? What sort of MP will such an inexperienced young lady […]
I (Nabillah Sempala) seat on the standing committee on Government Assurances (read, committee on commitments by Government ministers on the floor of the house). I deputise Hon. Odonga Otto, the Chairperson of the committee. The committee has had a task of compiling assurances and to date we have 2 publications, totaling to 507 Government assurances: […]
President Museveni has said that defence is the backbone of Uganda government. So he says that he can not accept MPs to cut the defence budget to increase the health sector budget. Museveni swears that he will never allow MPs to sacrifice the defence budget for anything. But the MPs swore that they will not […]
Members of parliament on Wednesday asked the Vice President Edward Ssekandi Kiwanuka to explain his recent actions in stopping the police from assisting Kampala Capital City Authority from enforcing the demolition of one of the buildings being constructed on part of a road reserve in Kampala. The MPs sitting on the Presidential Affairs Committee […]
Col. Kiiza Besigye wants movie made of MPs receiving bribes from government to forego peoples’ interests in parliament. Besigye says that some of the benefits given to MPs including the gift of 103 million shillings for cars at a time when the country’s health sector is in a sorry state is one of the […]
President Museveni has said that he no longer wants this practice of members of opposition going to guard votes in different constituencies. Museveni says that whoever is found there should be arrested by the police. The president says that these opposition politicians especially MPs and opposition party leaders who go to areas where there are […]
Members of Parliament are pushing for amendments to the constitution and the Anti Corruption Act to reduce on the powers of the president in appointing anti corruption watchdogs. John Ssimbwa, the Member of Parliament for Makindye East who is one of the MPs spearheading the amendment says they want the president to stop appointing the […]
As president Museveni’s (Kintu government) is busy buying luxury cars for ministers, NRM cadres and MPs using taxpayers money, Ugandans in northern Uganda are left to die in misery. Over the last past two months, there have been heated disagreements over the cause and treatment of nodding syndrome which affects young children between […]
Last week I traveled to Mauritius and visited a number of companies and Non Governmental organisations there. I was sponsored by Makindye Sabagabo, the political jurisdiction where I work as the SPEAKER to go to Mauritius and study how the lower government councils, Non Governmental Organisations there operate. While I was in Mauritius I learnt […]