Uganda’s Parliament on Thursday approved adding the President to the list of individuals Members of Parliament are prohibited from discussing, except through a substantive motion. This amendment to Rule 72 of the Rules of Procedure was proposed by Rules Committee Chairperson Abdul Katuntu and supported by a simple majority of […]
Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Ms Anita Among, on Thursday, directed Members of Parliament (MPs) to report and assist in the arrest of any Electoral Commission officials in their constituencies who are commercializing the voters’ register update exercise by soliciting bribes. The Speaker’s directive followed a complaint from Nakaseke Central MP, […]
Administrators of Uganda’s top security installations, including the Ministry of Defence, the Uganda Police Force, and the Uganda Prisons Service, detailed on Thursday their struggles with mounting water bills, leaving them with billions of shillings in debt. Led by Jacob Oboth, Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, the team appeared […]
By Reuters African leaders meeting in Ethiopia this weekend are to launch a new push for slavery and colonial reparations, but can expect to be stonewalled by former colonial powers, most of which have ruled out making amends for historical wrongs. While the issue of reparations has gained momentum worldwide, […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has criticized leaders and residents of the Kigezi sub-region for prioritizing politics over government programs aimed at alleviating household poverty. While commissioning the 132KV Mirama–Kabale transmission line and its associated Kabale substation at Hamuko Village, Igomanda Parish in Hamurwa Sub-county, Rubanda District, as part of his […]
