Tag: Uganda parliament

Persis Namuganza, a state minister for lands who was recently censured, has now disparaged the parliament's criticism of her, calling ...

The parlaiment has informed the president about their plan to censure the State Minister for Housing, Ms. Persis Namuganza.

Following three days of discussion in Parliament, article 102(b) of the Constitution was changed to eliminate both the lower and ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has launched a mobile application (App) that will enable the public to follow the ...

The government yesterday presented before Parliament for approval a euros 600 million (about sh2.4 trillion) loan request, to finance the ...

Parliament was yesterday compelled to briefly arrest the commandant of the Police Mineral Protection Unit, Ms Jessica Keigomba, for allegedly ...

While salary payment takes first priority on the budget, a number of Ugandan ambassadors abroad have gone for months without ...

Mbale District Woman MP Connie Galiwango has beseeched the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, to cause the buttressing of her ...

In Nkokonjeru zone B in Kyengera, a suburb of Kampala, is a black-gated posh house with a leafy compound. Its ...

With less than two years before the next general election in 2021, a growing number of MPs have announced they ...

National Resistance Movement (NRM) officials are bitter with the US embassy in Kampala for ‘frustrating’ their efforts to acquire visas ...

Anite’s woes continue to increase as another whistleblower kicks in another petition to IGG Irene Mulyagonja pleading with her to ...

The former Kaberamaido Member of Parliament, John Eresu, who is the patron of Khaleej Agencies, a labour exporting firm, has ...

Uganda's Notorious Security Minister Gen. Elly Tumwine has uttered a statement that has left many Ugandans wondering how they deserve ...

The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Irene Mulyagonja, has ordered the Parliament Director of Clerks, Emmanuel Bakwega and Deputy Clerk, ...

MPs have no powers to increase their salaries and other emoluments without going through the Government, the Supreme Court has ...

Ministers’ vehicles should not be accorded special treatment to beat traffic jam, state minister for transport Aggrey Bagiire has said. ...

Parliament yesterday condemned the utterances made by the House of Prayer Ministries pastor, Aloysius Bugingo against his wife Teddy Naluswa ...

President Yoweri Museveni has warned MPs against continually increasing their salary, saying it is wrong. In a closed-door NRM Caucus ...

Muslims are rooting for their own law, which can guide the way they handle issues of marriage, divorce, succession, and ...

After days of heated debate, Parliament on Wednesday passed the Landlord and Tenant Bill, 2018, to regulate the relationship between ...

All students who complete university education will be required to enroll for the National Graduate Scheme for job placement in ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has constituted a committee of senior women to investigate claims of sexual harassment leveled ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has told ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to stop advancing funding and other forms ...

Kawempe MP Mubarak Munyagwa has run to the High Court, to block his trial at the Anti-Corruption Court. Munyagwa, also ...

The Uganda's minister of constitution affairs Kahinda otafiire has locked horns with the judicial arm of the government on matters ...

Members of Parliament yesterday castigated the Government over the suspected poisonous food distributed by the World Food Programme (WFP), which ...

Parliament has asked the Executive to prepare a statement to explain the causes of Rwanda’s hostility towards Uganda. For the ...

Maj Gen (rtd.) Matayo Kyaligonza has blasted MPs for making what he called a “stupid” decision to recall him as ...

For reportedly meting out violence to a female traffic Police officer on duty, parliamentarians have asked Government to recall Maj. ...

In the run-up to last week’s release of the committee on commission’s statutory authorities and state enterprise’s (COSASE) report on ...

The Aruu South MP, Samuel Odonga Otto, said he has quit Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party and intends to ...

The central bank has roundly rejected the findings of the parliamentary committee on commissions, statutory authorities and state enterprises (COSASE) ...

The parliamentary committee on commissions, statutory authorities and state enterprises (COSASE) has said the Constitution should be reviewed to stop ...

Independent candidates should be struck out in the coming polls, opposition political parties have recommended. The Opposition is also against ...

The move by the ruling party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) to endorse President Yoweri Museveni as the party’s flag-bearer for ...

Parliament yesterday passed the Uganda Wildlife Bill with minimal amendments as the chairperson of the parliamentary committee on trade, industry ...

Parliament yesterday started debate on the Minimum Wage Bill which received overwhelming support of legislators from across the political divide. ...

The Anti-Corruption Court has, for the second time issued criminal summons against Kawempe South MP Mubarak Munyagwa, who is accused ...

MPs have lashed out at the internal affairs ministry for issuing the international East African e-passports without what they described ...