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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The degeneration in the contest for the seat of speaker of the next parliament has caused concern in the ruling party, prompting action by the Secretary General. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has now directed the contenders, incumbent Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, and her deputy Jacob …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has dismissed recent statements that he feared handling the age limit debate and opted for foreign travel to escape responsibility. In a brief interview with journalists at Parliament, Deputy Speaker Oulanyah described statements made by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga as lies. He …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Edgar Lubadde, a candidate who came last in the Busiro County North parliamentary race has asked the court to declare him the winner of the January 14 election. Lubadde who scored only 199 votes challenged the election of the eventual winner Paul Nsubuga who …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vaccination of Cabinet Ministers and legislators against COVID-19 today kicked off at the Parliament building following a move by the Ministry of Health to adjust the vaccine roll-out plan. The Ministry altered the vaccine roll-out plan and decided to vaccinate 964,000 people. Initially, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rebecca Kadaga is not pulling any punches as the race for Parliament Speaker hots up. The incumbet has used her campaign launch ceremony to ‘expose’ her rival, Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanya as a timid person who was scared of handling the Age Limit constitutional amendment …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have called for regional parliamentary session in a bid to close the gap between the Legislature and the electorate.  This was during a debate on a motion for a resolution of Parliament to commemorate 100 years of existence of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Bukedi Parliamentary Caucus has asked the West Budama South Member of Parliament, Jacob Oboth Oboth to do more consultations before he seeks their endorsement to run for the position of Deputy Speaker of parliament.   This was resolved in a meeting held in the member’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Finance Committee of Parliament has tasked Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority-UMRA crackdown on unscrupulous money lenders illegally operating in the country. This came up when the UMRA, Edith Tusubira appeared before the committee on Wednesday alongside the Microfinance State Minister, Haruna Kasolo to present their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party will reach a consensus on the candidate for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker race. According to the Government Chief Whip Ruth Nankabirwa, although all MPs in the party are free to express their interest and contest for the Speakership …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of Parliament on the physical infrastructure committee have expressed concern about the delays to appoint a substantive Director-General of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA    The MPs were on Tuesday visiting Entebbe International Airport on Tuesday to ascertain the progress and status of the 1.1 …