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Kadaga cautions against rushing motions amidst forgery reports

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked Members of Parliament to adhere to guidelines on presentation of motions before the House to avoid repercussions. She made reference to a section of legislators who have petitioned her office disowning a motion authored by Samia-Bugwe North …

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MPs want curfew time adjusted

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has observed a need to adjust the night time curfew time which currently starts at 7:00 pm to ensure that Ugandans are not caught on the wrong side of the law. The night time curfew has been running …

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Eddie Kenzo petitions Parliament for evacuation from Ivory Coast

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Singer Edirisa Musuuza also known as Eddie Kenzo has petitioned Parliament seeking government’s intervention to have him evacuated from Ivory Coast. Kenzo has been held up for the last two months due to the closure of borders occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Kenzo left …

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Parliament approves UGX 33Bn supplementary budget

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament on Tuesday approved a supplementary budget of 33 Billion Shillings for the current financial year 2019/2020. The budget will cater for maintenance of several Kampala Capital City roads, interventions for street children and others.  The funds were approved during a plenary session chaired by …

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Lockdown affects supervision of buildings under construction

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Works is unable to effectively enforce standards and quality of ongoing constructions due to the lockdown occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19.  This is according to the State Minister for works Joy Kabatsi in a statement presented to Parliament on Thursday.  In …

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MPs want Ugandans held in DRC prisons extradited

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have asked the government to negotiate the extradition of Ugandans stuck in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) prisons following the outbreak of coronavirus. According to reports from DRC, 41 cases of COVID-19 have been detected while five people have died in …

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Gov’t to produce 11.2 million masks in two weeks

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The government will only be able to produce 11.2 million face masks over the next two weeks. This is in line with a decision by the government to distribute free face masks to the general public as a precondition for lifting restrictions on the lockdown …

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Kadaga donates Iftar hampers to Muslim groups

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has donated Iftar food hampers to various Muslim groups including parliamentary staff, police officers, journalists and clerics among others. The hampers comprise five kilogrammes of rice and maize flour respectively, three litres of cooking oil, two packets of …

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Parliament questions move to solicit for funds from workers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has demanded that the National COVID-19 Response Fund immediately withdraws a letter seeking money from salaried employees to help in the fight against the coronavirus disease. The National COVID-19 Response Fund recently reached out to employers asking for their support to collect at least …

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