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IN PARLIAMENT The Sexual Offences Bill 2015, which was tabled by Female Youth MP Monica Amoding, has been cleared for scrutiny by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga. The bill criminalizes marital rape whereby a person who engages in a sexual act with his or her spouse is liable upon conviction to imprisonment …

Rebecca Kadaga has vowed to defeat opponents in the Uganda Parliament Speakership Race Share on: WhatsApp

By Agather Atuhaire Why is Parliament afraid of media criticism? A letter from parliament directing media houses to have journalists who have covered parliament for over five years, replaced has sparked public fury and debate. It is seen as a disturbing trend in which parliament has tended towards gagging the …

By Haggai Matsiko Is she the reason Uganda’s most expensive parliament cannot deliver? The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, continues notching good ratings in opinion polls and among commentators on public affairs. However, the same cannot be said of her House and its 385 legislators.  In a recent poll by …

By Joan Akello Why is police and parliament keeping it hushed up? Since The Observer newspaper broke a story about an attendant in the office of the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga sustained injuries as he was opening a letter that `exploded’ in his face, there have been calls for …

By Julius Businge The speaker of Parliament of Uganda Rebecca Kadaga has officially launched the World Wide Fund’s ‘Earth Hour 2014’ environmental campaign which will see the international institution plant one million trees across the country this year. The Fund’s campaign aims at fighting the adverse effects emanating from environmental …

By Peter Nyanzi But having Oulanyah as Speaker poses new dangers Since his election to the lofty position of Deputy Speaker of Parliament on May 19, 2011, Jacob Oulanyah has rarely appeared on radio or TV talk shows. He has turned down almost all invitations. But on Saturday Oct.05, he …

By Joan Akello The speaker of parliament says a new checklist for human rights, the first if its kind in Uganda will guide the committee on human rights, the executive and legislators and other stakeholders on what the issues to look out for in bills, budgets, policy statements, and other …

Speaker Rebecca Kadaga’s ruling on the suspension of the four rebel NRM MPs. Honourable Members, you have heard about the much publicised letter from the Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party informing the Speaker that the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the NRM Party had received a …

By The Independent Team The Speaker of Parliament has this afternoon made a ruling on the case of the former National Resistance Movement (NRM) Members of Parliament “rebel MPs”. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga ruled that there was no legal and constitutional provision to expel the MPs from Parliament. The MPs who …