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  🔴 Election of Speaker TODAY ➡ Picking forms NRM secretariat WEDNESDAY ➡ CEC NRM meeting THURSDAY ➡ NRM Caucus meeting FRIDAY ➡ Elections Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | West Budama Central MP Jacob Oboth Oboth will contest for Parliament Speakership, a source has revealed. The State Minister for Defence …

✳ March 1965 – March 2022 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed the death of Uganda’s Speaker Jacob Oulanyah, who has been in hospital for over a month in Seattle, USA, “It is with a lot of sadness that I announce the death …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has rejected the apology from Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake. Sources who preferred anonymity in order not to jeopardize their relationship with the powerful deputy speaker, said Zaake went to Anita’s office with a written apology but …

Misconduct Probe Against MP Francis Zaake starts Tuesday Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliaments’ Rules, Privileges and Discipline committee has resolved to start its inquiry into the alleged misconduct of Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake on Tuesday. Committee Chairperson Abdu Katuntu unveiled the work plan to journalists after a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Central legislator Muhammad Nsereko has secured leave of parliament to introduce the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill that seeks to provide stringent penalties for culprits. The bill seeks to make it an offence to send and share data about children without the authorization of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of MPs are scheduled to move a motion on Tuesday seeking the removal of Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake, from the Parliamentary Commission office, Uganda Radio Network has learnt. The MPs accuse Zaake of disrespecting the Deputy Speaker, Anita Among. The Parliamentary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has given Janet Kobusingye, the proprietor of Mestil Hotel and Residences up to Monday 14 February next week to present relevant documents to prove ownership of the land where the hotel was constructed. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines received $500,000 before flying Speaker Jacob Oulanyah to Seattle, United States of America for treatment, according to sources. The Airlines Acting CEO Jeniffer Bamuturaki told Uganda Radio Network earlier that their Airbus A330-800 Neo was chartered for medical evacuation by a client whom …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Over 350 members of Tanzanian parliament on Tuesday elected 45-year-old woman as speaker of parliament, replacing Job Ndugai who resigned early January after he had criticized the government’s borrowing trend, saying it was unhealthy. Tulia Ackson, who was deputy speaker of parliament, was elected …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Beneficiaries of Community Health Insurance schemes and local leaders in Luwero district want Parliament to pass the National Health Insurance bill afresh so as to enable them to access better services. In March 2021, Parliament passed the National Health Insurance Bill that provides for the …