A section of members of parliament is concerned over the proposed merger of government agencies as the state focuses on saving Shs1 trillion from the rationalization. Ntenjeru South Member of Parliament, Mr Patrick Nsanja, is opposed to the merger, saying services will not easily reach the grassroots because of bureaucracy […]
Legislators are reeling from the shock of senior female Member of Parliament Cecilia Ogwal’s passing. Ms. Ogwal, who represented Dokolo district on the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) ticket, succumbed to cancer in India at the age of 77. Throughout her 26-year career in Parliament, starting in 1996, Ogwal earned […]
Members of Parliament on the Public Service and Local Government Committee have criticized a budget proposal by the Ministry of Public Service to purchase brand-new vehicles for former presidents, vice presidents, and prime ministers. Committee chairman Martin Ojara Mapendezi raised the issue while receiving the budget framework paper presented by […]
Parliament Committee on Budget yesterday threw out an extra Shs3.393 trillion that the government had allegedly smuggled to be jointly processed for approval with the Shs3.5 trillion supplementary budget. The committee chaired by the Kachumbula County legislator, Mr Patrick Isiagi, had convened to scrutinise the Shs3.5 trillion supplementary budget that […]
By Jackson Onyango A shipping company with an interest in the oil sector, Maersk Line Limited wants to be included in the deal to supply Uganda National Oil Company with petroleum products. Agents of Maersk Line Limited trading under the trade name HEK International Limited sold the idea to the […]
