The Minister for General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister, Kasule Lumumba, has told Parliament that Kenya’s latest ban on Uganda’s poultry products is a big concern that needs to be handled expeditiously. Responding to a concern raised ...

Members of Parliament have urged the Government to consider putting mechanisms in place that strengthen efforts for promoting road safety in the Country.The Fort Portal City MP, Alex Ruhunda yesterday said in a motion urging the government to strengthen efforts ...

Members of Parliament have expressed dissatisfaction over budget cuts that have slowed their committee work to the detriment of taxpayers. The lawmakers said that whereas budget cuts were occasioned by the Covid19 outbreak, there is an urgent need to review ...

The Amuru District Woman MP, Lucy Akello has raised a red flag over the nature of the content contained in some science subject textbooks meant for primary pupils, warning that syllabuses promoting abortion and the use of contraceptives are not ...

The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has said that Ugandan Scientists have embarked on studies to identify threats associated with the new COVID19 variant, Omicron, first detected in South Africa last month. She assured the country that the Government had ...

Parliament has again rapped members of the Executive for continued absentia without prior notice during plenary sittings; a habit that it says stalls House business to the detriment of the people the two institutions serve. The outrage was triggered during ...

Kilak North Member of Parliament Anthony Akol has been granted leave to present a private members bill that will reverse the autonomy of the Institute of Parliamentary Studies, recently named after the former Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga. The institute ...

Members of Parliament want a public holiday declared so as to scale up vaccination of learners in order to achieve the vaccination target required to reopen schools. The MPs on the Parliamentary forum on children noted that the prolonged lockdown on schools ...

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Annet Anita Among has urged members of parliament to allow the law to take its course in the matters of the arrest of two members of parliament. This follows the opposition boycott of parliament sittings ...

The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has appealed to security forces to respect human rights and desist from disrespectful acts like the recent brutal re-arrest of Kawempe North MP, Muhammad Ssegirinya and ...