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Kadaga appeals for early cancer screening

The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has called for a mandatory tasting for cancer in Uganda as way of combating the disease in the country. Speaking at the inauguration of health week in the parliamentary commission Kadaga said that the proposal for mandatory tasting was made last year but government is yet to take action. […]

East Africa Court ruling to affect MPs operatioons

The East African court of justice sitting in Tanzania capital  Arusha has issued an order to the attorney general of Uganda, parliament of Uganda and the East African community to refrain from conduction the forth coming elections of representatives of Uganda in the East African legislative assembly pending amendment of rules that provide for election of members in the said parliament to […]

Minister Ruhindi fails to defend Public Order management Bill

Members of parliament on legal and parliamentary Affairs thrown out the committee deputy Attorney General Fred Ruhindi for failure to defend the public order management bill which is under scrutiny. The deputy Attorney General Fred Ruhindi was asked to leave the committee when he told MPS that he wanted to first harmonize some issues in the bill […]

Ugandan musicians bootleg other artists’ songs

Ultimate Media The habit of copying other peoples’ songs in Uganda is growing every week, every month and every year. Reports of singers complaining that their colleagues in the music industry have duplicated their songs are found at police stations, courts and heard on radio stations. For example, a little known Ugandan artist, M Jeff last week […]

Uganda civil society appeal against public order management bill

Civil society organizations have asked parliament to clean the proposed public order management bill which was tabled before parliament because in its present form is intended to violate people’s rights. The civil society organizations made the demand a head of parliament public hearing on the public order management by the legal and parliamentary affairs committee […]

Male circumcision key to reducing HIV/AIDS prevalence in Uganda

Health experts have noted the need for all stakeholders to work towards scaling up the number of circumcised men in the country in order to curb HIV infections. Officials from the ministry of Health revealed that the prevalence of safe male circumcision must be increased from the current 25 % to at least 40% to […]

Singh Katongole develops high blood pressure over dismissal from parliament

Ultimate Media The former Member of Parliament for Lubaga North, Singh Katongole has reportedly developed high blood pressure after losing his seat to his rival, Moses Kasibante on Monday 24/oct/2011. We have been reliably informed that Singh has not eaten anything and he is bedridden at home since Monday when the High Court sitting inKampala declared […]

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