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Ecweru asks Parliament to reject report on Bulambuli land

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru has appealed to parliament not to adopt a report by the Presidential Affairs Committee on the disputed land in Bulambuli district earmarked to host landslide survivors in Elgon region. According to Eweru, adopting the report will plunge …

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Lusanja evictions were illegal-Attorney General

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The evictions that saw hundreds of families lose their property on a 75-acre piece of land in Lusanja village in Kasangati Town Council in Wakiso district were illegal, parliament heard on Tuesday. In his statement to parliament, the Attorney General William Byaruhanga, said that the …

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Oulanyah rallies students to protect environment

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has asked Ugandans to devote themselves to environment protection, saying it takes only commitment. Oulanyah said the country is already fraught with policies, laws and institutions to protect the environment, but that commitment from citizens is lacking. “The …

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More girls should join Guides – Kadaga

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called upon Uganda Girl Guides Association to design strategies to attract more girls to join the movement. “I am a bit disappointed that we have 200,000 girl guides from a population of close to 40 million people. We …

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Zuckerberg defends Facebook in new data breach controversy

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Wednesday against emails showing the social media giant offering Netflix and other popular apps preferential access to people’s data even after it had tightened its privacy rules. A British parliamentary committee investigating whether the social media behemoth was …

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Facebook accused of giving access to users’ data

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  A British parliamentary committee accused Facebook on Wednesday of giving companies such as Netflix preferential access to users’ data even after it tightened its privacy rules in 2014-15. The UK parliament’s select media committee published more than 200 pages of internal Facebook emails it …

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‘Proposed merger of agencies will be phased’

Kamapala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government’s rationalization exercise in which government agencies will be merged, abolished or reverted to the mother ministries will be done in a phased manner over a three-year period. This has been disclosed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Public Service Catherine Musingwiire on …

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Parliament questions proposed introduction of East African e-passports

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has queried the move by government to phase out the current passports and replace them with the international East African e-Passport. This followed debate on a statement tabled by Internal Affairs Minister, Obiga Kania on the proposed introduction of the international East African e-Passport. …

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COMMENT: Behind new Sugar Act

Thank you parliament for ensuring that new law on sugar shifts from ‘bitter’ Sugar Bill to new ‘Sweat’ Sugar Act COMMENT | Michael Mugabira | The Parliament of Uganda delivered a land mark victory on Nov.21 by passing the Sugar Act to streamline the affairs of the sugar industry. The Sugar Bill …

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