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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among and her Deputy, Thomas Tayebwa led delegates attending the Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) on a guided tour of the Parliament building. Among addressed the various Speakers and Presiding Officers in the Chamber, where …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The 27th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) countries will accrue multiplier effects in harmonising legislation and Parliamentary practices, Speaker Anita Among has said. Among who is also the Host Speaker was giving her welcome remarks at the opening …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  On Monday, a section of the public took to social media to decry what they called unnecessary government expenditure after watching videos and pictures of the Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among handing overt luxurious vehicles to four former speakers of parliament. Those who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government received the green light to finance major road works under the Upgrading of National Roads Project in Uganda, through loan funding worth US$325 million (Shs1.23 trillion). This was during the plenary sitting chaired by Speaker, Anita Among, on Wednesday. The loan will be …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | The Leadership of Parliament renewed its commitment to the fight against corruption in what the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, referred to as ‘checking ourselves first’. Tayebwa said the institution is ready to deal with corrupt tendencies among its members, should they be found guilty as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation has called on government to present laws regulating genetically modified organisms (GMO), to provide for the ongoing research on gene drive in the country. The Gene Drive Technology, which is being done under the Uganda Virus Research …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has asked the Constitutional Court to block Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake from returning to the Parliamentary Commission. According to Parliament, they were aggrieved by the decision of the four Justices of the constitutional court against one, to declare that the …

It’s illogical for Uganda with approximately 40m people to have a parliament as big as that of India with 1.4bn people COMMENT | MICHAEL ABONEKA | The conversations to reduce the size of Parliament are not new only that the talks do not come to fruition. Before I go further …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Accountability Committees will scrutinize the Auditor General’s report on the treasury memoranda, moving away from the previous procedure which entailed submission of the report to the office of the Speaker. The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa made the communication to Members of Parliament during …

Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | The Chinese government on Thursday handed over to Zimbabwe a new parliament building that was constructed and funded by China through a grant. Tang Wenhong, vice chairman of China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) and head of a visiting Chinese delegation, officially handed over the …