Tag Archives: MPs

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament who sit on the Defence Committee are concerned with the unfairness in salary enhancements of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) which have seen lower-ranking officers earn less from the enhancements. These argue that the lower-ranking officers are the ones doing the …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The agricultural committee of parliament has expressed discontentment over the delayed construction of the 8 billion Shilling valley dam in Nakonyen village, Tapac sub-county, Moroto district. The 1.5 square kilometre valley dam is being constructed through the Ministry of Agriculture as part of the strategic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, granted legislators a two-week recess to conduct oversight into the operation of the Parish Development Model. In a letter addressed to the MPs, the Speaker said that in May 2022, Parliament appropriated Shs1.49 trillion to the Parish Development Model …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament will on Monday debate the censure motion against Persis Princess Namuganza, the State Minister for Lands, Housing, and Urban Development. The motion is the third item on the order paper issued on Friday by the Clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige Kasaija. The seven-member Select …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni issued a directive against travelling abroad for government officials, Members of parliament and civil servants. The president made this directive during the commission of the Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigomba (UPIK) on Saturday. According to the president, there is so much that needs to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament on Thursday appeared before Parliament’s Select Committee with evidence to support the censure motion against Persis Namuganza, the State Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development. Last week, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa appointed a committee to …

COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | Member of Parliament (MP) Francis Zaake is back in the news – not for his cherubic cheeks and twinkling eyes. Rather, for being the wild man of parliament, again. Zaake buzzes with youthful swagger. A restless energy afflicts him. For a while, state-sponsored harassment was Zaake’s …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee are in Somalia for a five-day visit to Ugandan troops who have been fighting Al Shabaab insurgents since 2007. The legislators who are in the company of the state minister for Defence in charge of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda is confident that its recent policies against rising inflation and foreign exchange are beginning to bear fruit, through external challenges remain. The country faced a spiral in inflation over the last nine months, which rose from less than 3 percent in february …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The directorate of Criminal Investigations has summoned Aringa South Member of Parliament, Odria Yorke Alioni, to appear before its detectives tomorrow -Tuesday over punching the Officer-In-charge of Parliament Security Assistant Superintendent of Police –ASP Alex Senga. MP Odria was captured on cameras punching ASP …