Parliamentary

Uganda Parliament to host inter parliament union

The Parliament of Uganda will host the 126th Inter Parliamentary Union meeting from March 31 to April 4th, 2012 in Kampala. Uganda Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga tells us that Uganda Parliament is ready to receive the over 1500 delegates from 160 countries during the inter parliament union. Ms Kadaga says that even all Ugandans […]

Inspector General of Police and Internal affairs ministry defend bill

The Attorney general, ministry of internal affairs and the Uganda Police have defended the public order management bill calling for its enactment amid protests from the public. Appearing before the legal and Parliamentary affairs committee of Parliament, Peter Nyombi the attorney general says there is a lacuna in the existing laws of the land that […]

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 […]

Uganda law society criticizes public order bill

 The Uganda law society has quashed the public order management bill currently before the committee on legal and Parliamentary affairs, saying its’ not good in its current form. Making a submission on behalf of the society, the President of the society James Mukasa Ssebugenyi says if the bill is passed into an act in its […]

DP promise deploys heavily in Busiro Parliamentary by-election

The Democratic Party and the rulling NRM have deployed their supporters in different polling stations during the Busiro North by elections this Thursday to curtail vote rigging allegations on either side. A low turn up is being reported but voting is going on smoothly in most areas. According to the head of DP parliamentary committee […]

Women organizations come to Kadaga’s defense over embezzlement allegations

A number of Women organizations have today come out strongly to defend what they termed as the good record of Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga which they say is being soiled by politicians unhappy about the independent way she is handling parliamentary debates. Led y the Uganda Women’s Network, the women organsitions said the recent attacks […]