Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has halted a proposed parliament investigation of Bank of Uganda (BOU) in relation to circumstances leading to the closure of Crane Bank. He cited sub judice. Oulanyah made his ruling Tuesday afternoon after Budadiri East MP Nathan Nandala Mafabi …
Read More »Senegal ruling party coalition claims election landslide
Dakar, Senegal | AFP | The ruling coalition of Senegal’s President Macky Sall won a widely expected landslide in a legislative election, his prime minister said Monday, bolstering Sall’s prospects for re-election in 2019. The Benno Bokk Yakaar (BBY) coalition swept all but three of the country’s 45 electoral departments, …
Read More »VIDEO: Finance PS: Government has no money to run new districts
VIDEO: Finance PS: Government has no money to run new districts Kampala,Uganda | NTV | There is no money for the newly created districts, this according to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Keith Muhakanizi. He was appearing before the legal and Parliamentary affairs committee of Parliament. Also before …
Read More »VIDEO: MPs Order Government to Stock Fuel Ahead of Kenya Elections
VIDEO: MPs Order Government to Stock Fuel Ahead of Kenya Elections Kampala, Uganda | NBS |Parliament has urged government to stock enough fuel ahead of the Kenya election, warning that Uganda’s eastern neighbor could slip into unrest like it was in 2007. In a heated session chaired by deputy speaker …
Read More »In Senegal, Sall faces 91-yr-old ex-president and jailed mayor
President Sall faces double challenge as Senegal elects MPs Dakar, Senegal | AFP | Senegal holds a legislative election on Sunday following a campaign gripped by tension between the rival coalitions of President Macky Sall, his predecessor Abdoulaye Wade and Dakar’s detained mayor. The election is seen as a crucial test …
Read More »VIDEO: Parliament honours Para-athlete David Emong
VIDEO: Parliament honours Para-athlete David Emong Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Parliament has paid tribute to David Emong for winning Uganda’s first ever gold medal in the World Para Athletics Championships. The para athlete won the fifteen hundred meters T46 final in London on July 15th to ensure that Uganda did not return from …
Read More »VIDEO: Bobi Wine attends first full plenary, finds proceedings too formal
VIDEO: Robert Kyagulanyi attends first full plenary session, finds proceedings too formal Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The new Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine on Wednesday attended plenary proceedings in Parliament for the first time. Kyagulanyi said this was a learning experience, the reason he did not contribute …
Read More »VIDEO: Museveni distances himself from debate on Uganda president’s age limit
VIDEO: Museveni distances himself from Uganda president age limit debate Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | President Yoweri Museveni has distanced himself from the ongoing age limit discussion – dismissing the debate as diversionary. Museveni told the press at State House in Entebbe on Wednesday that he is not behind …
Read More »VIDEO: Amongi says proposed ammendment of land law is in good faith
VIDEO: Amongi says proposed ammendment of land law is in good faith Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | Uganda Lands Minister Betty Amongi has defended the proposed amendment to the constitution on land, saying it is meant to speed up government projects. Amongi says many government programmes have been stalled or …
Read More »Follow up implementation of gov’t projects, Kadaga tells African MPs
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has urged parliamentarians to ensure proper implementation of government projects instead of waiting for postmortem reports from accountability committees. Kadaga made these remarks while addressing the 3rd Annual General Meeting of African Parliamentarians on Development Evaluation in Khartoum, Sudan …
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