VIDEO: MPs should keep away from age limit debate, says Kadaga Kampala, Uganda | NTV Uganda | Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has cautioned legislators not to be distracted from their duties by the debate on the lifting of the presidential age limit. Kadaga says that since no formal bill has …
Read More »VIDEO: MPs Order Government to Stock Fuel Ahead of Kenya Elections
VIDEO: MPs Order Government to Stock Fuel Ahead of Kenya Elections Kampala, Uganda | NBS |Parliament has urged government to stock enough fuel ahead of the Kenya election, warning that Uganda’s eastern neighbor could slip into unrest like it was in 2007. In a heated session chaired by deputy speaker …
Read More »Follow up implementation of gov’t projects, Kadaga tells African MPs
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has urged parliamentarians to ensure proper implementation of government projects instead of waiting for postmortem reports from accountability committees. Kadaga made these remarks while addressing the 3rd Annual General Meeting of African Parliamentarians on Development Evaluation in Khartoum, Sudan …
Read More »Macron to slash France’s MPs by a third as part of political shake-up
Versailles, France | AFP | President Emmanuel Macron on Monday promised a “profound transformation” of French politics, proposing to slash by a third the number of MPs, and telling lawmakers he would call a referendum if they do not agree. In his first address to members of the National Assembly …
Read More »Big names in, big names out in British election
London, United Kingdom | AFP | As the British general election results rolled in on Friday, here are some of the big names who were voted out of parliament and others who will be returning. – Voted out – NICK CLEGG — The former deputy prime minister and ex-Liberal Democrat …
Read More »MPs demand for review of tourism agencies
Members of Parliament (MPs) have threatened to block the budget for the tourism industry unless all four bodies involved in the tourism sector have functional boards. In the proposed budget for next financial year, tourism has been allotted Shs89billion but the ministry is requesting for an additional Shs65bn to market …
Read More »World parliament assembly calls for action on famine, drought in Africa
The 136th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly chaired by Uganda’s Rebecca Kadaga, ended on Wednesday with the adoption of the Dhaka Declaration calling for urgent international action to save millions of people from famine and drought in parts of Africa and Yemen. The five-day assembly in Dhaka also took a resolution on …
Read More »MPs demand for 2nd class, not first class SGR railway
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Physical Infrastructure on Wednesday April 5, 2017 presented to parliament its report on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in which they demanded that Uganda downgrades to China Class 2 from China Class 1, in the regional project. Presenting a report, Member …
Read More »VIDEO: No budget without LC elections money – Ugandan MPs
VIDEO: A section of Members of Parliament vow not to pass the budget for the financial year 2017-2018, if government doesn’t allocate money for the LC 1 and 2 elections that had been scheduled for January this year. Legislators also expressed dissatisfaction, saying government was breaching the constitution for by not conducting …
Read More »COURT: Masaka District Woman MP Babirye validly elected
The Court of Appeal has upheld the Masaka High Court decision which confirmed DP’s Mary Babirye Kabanda as the validly elected Masaka district woman MP. Three justices Remmy Kasule, Richard Buteera and Elizabeth Musoke unanimously concured with trial judge Michael Elubu that the allegation against Babirye that she bribed voters, …
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