The government has finally accounted for 58 out of 423 missing persons that were reported by the National Unity Platform. In a statement issued by Parliament, these persons have either been released or remanded for various offenses including -possessions of ...
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Chief Justice Appeals to MPs on Judiciary Budget
Martina AngellaThe Parish model has been recommended by the National Planning Authority as a strategic tool for promoting inclusive and sustainable growth for the economy. It is aimed at enabling the vulnerable section of Ugandans who are still trapped in subsistence ...
Parliament to probe Sh5bn land compensation
Martina AngellaThe Rt Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has instituted a team of three legislators to investigate the sh5bn which was issued out by government as compensation for the different pieces of land. More: https://www.mpscanug.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Parliament-to-probe-sh5BN-land-compensation.jpeg
Museveni Slams incessant foreign trips
Martina AngellaHis Excellency, YKM has slammed frequent trips abroad by MPs. He made this announcement while at the opening ceremony of the three-week-long NRM retreat for the recently elected, which is currently taking place at the National Leadership Institute (NALI) in ...
Why Parliament of Uganda doesn’t finish its business – David Pulkol
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KAMPALA – Today, NBS Tv will run a news story on NBSTV live at 9 pm. This follows after Hon. David Pulkol, the Executive Director of Africa Leadership Institute (AFLI), was interviewed on case backlog in Parliamentary business at our ...
Minister fails to convince MPs on continued enforcement of curfew
Martina AngellaThe State Minister for Internal Affairs, Hon Obiga Kania, says that the National Task Force is still reviewing the SOPs for COVID 19. More: https://www.parliament.go.ug/news/5062/minister-fails-convince-mps-continued-enforcement-curfew
Parliament debates the prevention and prohibition of human sacrifice Bill, 2020
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In Ugandan laws, human sacrifice related cases are prosecuted as murder or related offences under the Penal Code Act. Parliament July 2017, granted leave to the MP Bernard Atiku, to introduce a private member’s bill for an Act entitled; “The ...
STUDENT LEADERS’ MENTORSHIP ON THE MANAGEMENT OF GUILD INSTITUTIONS DURING THE COVID ERA: THEME: ROLE AND STRATEGIES OF GUILD LEADERS IN MAKING LEARNING INSTITUTIONS SAFE SPACES AND FREE OF COVID IN A POST LOCK-DOWN ERA.
Marvin Keith MutebiCOVID-19 is an illness caused by a new Corona virus that severely affects the respiratory system when left to grow in the body system without intervention (WHO 2020). Uganda’s early interventions to this Pandemic in March 2020 were informed by ...
MPs seek to investigate the sad story of conjoined twins
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KAMPALA – Mulago National Referral Hospital doctors are alleged to have sent away a helpless grandfather of conjoined twins, after failing to separate a dead twin from another who was still alive. On 7th April 2021, Hon. Elijah Okupa moved ...
Proposal to amend the rules and procedures of parliament tabled
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Last week the Parliamentary Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline tabled before Parliament a number of proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure of Parliament, among which include baring candidates for the position of Speaker and Deputy Speaker, from campaigning. ...