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Speaker lauds HIV vaccine research

Speaker lauds HIV vaccine research

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has applauded the Vaccine Interest Group (VIG) for their research initiatives intended to find a cure for HIV/AIDS. Kadaga made the remarks while officiating at the parliamentary dialogue on HIV vaccine research in Uganda on Tuesday, 5 June 2018, where she said that the need for the vaccine was […]

Kadaga calls for more women funding

Kadaga calls for more women funding

The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed government to stop using funds meant for the Women Enterprise Fund to train local government officials about the project. Kadaga made the directive at a workshop that was updating members of parliament on the implementation of the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship programme at parliament. She said that the local […]

Chaos as soldiers invade parliament

Chaos as soldiers invade parliament

Parliament proceedings on day two of the Second Reading of the presidential age limit bill was suspended to 2 pm on Tuesday to ascertain whether there were alleged soldiers in the parliamentary chapel. The woman Member of Parliament for Amuru district Lucy Akello said she had found soldiers occupying both the Catholic and Anglican Chaplaincy prayer places […]

Kadaga issues new security guidelines at parliament

Kadaga issues new security guidelines at parliament

The speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, in Tuesdays parliament sitting issued new security guidelines at parliament that will ensure members of parliament are protected against unauthorized security personnel ordering the withdraw of other security agencies other than police from parliament. The speaker also closed one of the presidential entrances into parliament on the fourth floor […]

Universities should teach more foreign languages for Ugandans to tap international jobs-Kadaga.

Universities should  teach more foreign languages for Ugandans to tap international jobs-Kadaga.

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, has called on Ugandan Universities teach more foreign languages so that their graduates can favorably compete for international jobs. Rt. Hon. Kadaga made the call in her keynote address at the Sixth Annual Vice Chancellors Conference at the Silver Springs Hotel in Bugolobi on Saturday. The Speaker […]