OUT OF ORDER! Speaker bans deputy AG Kafuuzi from parliament over LGBT bill fallout
Speaker Among has banished the Deputy Attorney General, Jackson Kafuuzi from ever participating in the processing of bills in...
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GRILLED!MPs quiz finance ministry for inflating Lubowa hospital funds
A section of lawmakers on the Parliament’s Finance Committee have accused the officials from Ministry of Finance for inflating the...
SECURITY! MPs divided on shs5bn request for judges armored cars
Lawmakers on Parliament’s Budget Committee are divided over the Shs1.653Bn request by the Judiciary to procure armored cars for judges...
LOAN WOES! Gov’t on verge of losing shs563bn in Atiak sugar factory investment to Equity bank
Government has asked Parliament to approve the recent injection of Shs274.11Bn into controversial Atiak Sugar Factory so as to save...
SQUEAKY BUM TIME as Speaker Among returns Karamoja iron sheets
Speaker Among has backtracked on her earlier statement that she didn’t commit any offence in receiving the iron sheets...
PARTING WINDFALL! Gov’t to pay South Africans shs45.7bn for ending Nalubaale power station concession
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development is slated to pay ESKOM through a supplementary budget to a tune of...
LAWMAKERS OUTRAGE! Days after fire razed Sudhir’s Munyonyo Resort, MPs question shs86bn gov’t funding into hotel bogged down by governance and accountability concerns
Just days after a fire incident, lawmakers on Parliament’s Budget Committee have refused to consider the 2.386Trn supplementary budget, until...
MPs task Gov’t to Invest in Public Transport to Reduce Road Carnage
Members of Parliament have called for massive investment in public transport in order to reduce road carnage. According to the...
Museveni Meets PAP Leader Charumbira, Speaker Rt. Hon. Anita Among
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday received the visiting President of the Pan African Parliament(PAP) Senator Fortune Charumbira who paid a courtesy...
REVEALED! Plan by gov’t to create new 23 constituencies leaks
BY MOSES OKETAYOT The number of Members of Parliament in the 12th Parliament come 2026 may shoot to 579 from...
FISHERMEN WOES! Opposition accuse army of aiding illegal fishing
BY PRISCA WANYENYA The Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga has urged Parliament to carry out a thorough investigation into alleged...
Parliament Wants review of Gov’t Agencies’ Funding
During the debate and adoption of the National Budget Framework Paper for the Financial Year 2023/2024, Parliament instructed government to...
Why Deputy Speaker Tayebwa Wants Police SACCO Probed
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has directed the Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs, to investigate the alleged...
Kasaija disowns Amongi’s Shs6 billion request from NSSF
The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon. Matia Kasaija has said that Shs6 billion request by the Minister...
Tough times ahead for Byarugaba! Mwine Mpaka tasked to lead a seven member committee to probe NSSF
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has named a seven-member committee that will probe the alleged corruption and abuse...
Uganda’s Deputy Speaker Orders Probe into Homosexuality in Schools
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Education Committee of parliament to comprehensively investigate a thread of alleged...
Parliament Wants Electricity Vandalism addressed before Umeme Exit
Government has been urged to expeditiously address vandalism of electricity transmission networks before the expiry of Umeme’s contract in 2025....
Parliament censures minister Namuganza
Parliament has a passed a motion to censure State minister for Lands, Ms Persis Namuganza over misconduct and contempt of...
Make It In 2023, Tayebwa to Ugandans
By Thomas Tayebwa It is said hope deferred makes the heart sick. That was what was on my mind as...
Speaker Among: Am for Bukedea Woman MP Not Buyende
Rt.Hon.Annet Anita Among,the Speaker of the 11th Parliament has assured the people of Buyende District in Busoga sub-region that she...