Last year, the government revised the current budget from Shs 18.3 trillion to Shs 23.9 trillion citing the upcoming general elections, which it was claimed required more funding. The national budget that will be presented next month will be worth a record Shs 26.3 trillion, an increase of 9%. What …
Read More »NRM: Flag-bearers are Kadaga and Oulanya
PHOTOGRAPHS: The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has today confirmed that they will second to parliament the return of Speaker Rebecca Kadaga (left) and Deputy Jacob Oulanya. Kadaga and Oulanya will be the NRM flag-bearers. *********** Kampala, TUESDAY The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the ruling party NRM Monday night …
Read More »CEC: No change, Kadaga and Oulanya to work as team
The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the ruling party NRM Monday night decided to maintain the status quo in parliament, retaining Rebecca Kadaga as speaker, with Jacob Oulanya as her deputy, reports indicate. “The general consensus in CEC last night was that we retain Kadaga as speaker and Oulanya continues …
Read More »Busoga, Buganda MPs vow to support Kadaga
Busoga and Buganda MPs vow to back Kadaga in her quest to retain the Speakership of the Uganda Parliament. VIDEO CLIP BY NBS Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Speaker Kadaga clears marital rape bill
IN PARLIAMENT The Sexual Offences Bill 2015, which was tabled by Female Youth MP Monica Amoding, has been cleared for scrutiny by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga. The bill criminalizes marital rape whereby a person who engages in a sexual act with his or her spouse is liable upon conviction to imprisonment …
Read More »Museveni hails liberation war veteran killed in land dispute
President Yoweri Museveni has stressed that Ugandans should use the law to solve issues related to land wrangles and avoid taking the law into their hands. Museveni called on parliament to revise and strengthen the laws on murder and rape with a view to ensuring that cases related to those …
Read More »Kadaga Vows to Smash Opponents in Speakership Race
Rebecca Kadaga has vowed to defeat opponents in the Uganda Parliament Speakership Race Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »S.Africa’s Zuma faces impeachment in parliament
Cape Town, South Africa | AFP South African President Jacob Zuma faces an impeachment attempt in parliament Tuesday after the country’s top court ruled that he had violated the constitution over spending on his private residence. Zuma will almost certainly survive the impeachment vote, which requires a two-thirds majority, as his …
Read More »Parliament non-degree journos ban backward
By Independent Team The Jan. 11 decision by the Uganda parliament to bar non-graduate journalists from covering its proceedings runs counter to a modern trend by top employers to ditch the requirement when hiring. In a memo to editors, the Deputy Clear of Parliament, Okello Obabaru, advised them to assign …
Read More »Worst Parliament ever
By Flavia Nassaka After an impressive start in 2011, the 9th parliament risks ending badly in 2016 Legislators are away in the constituencies campaigning in elections that have been set for February 18, 2016. Many of the MPs will not be in parliament when the new one is inaugurated in …
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