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The government students’ loan scheme for the financial year 2017/2018 may not have any beneficiaries after the ministry of finance could not avail funds to the ministry of education for the scheme. The Minister for Education and Sport Janet Museveni told the parliament committee on education and the sports that …

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 …

It had long been talked about and now popular musician Robert Sentamu Kyagukanyi aka Bobi Wine has decided to join active politics after the Kyadondo East seat fell vacant. The Court of Appeal threw out FDC’s Apollo Kantinti over non-compliance with electoral laws by the Electoral Commission after a petition …

It was a confrontational scene in parliament as MPs reacted angrily to officials from Ministry of Finance who refused to incorporate proposals and recommendations made by MPs on the budgeting process. Members of the Budget Committee led by Chairman Amos Lugoloobi lashed out at the officials who included Minister of …

Ugandan musician, activist and humanitarian Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine looks set to finally have a go at politics. Speaking on NTV Wednesday evening, Bobi Wine stated he is considering “offering himself to serve the people” in the now vacant seat at Kyadondo East. “I am not in this for …

Accra, Ghana | AFP | Three members of Ghana’s parliament and a former lawmaker are facing travel bans to Britain over apparent visa irregularities, according to a leaked document seen by AFP on Wednesday. Britain’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, wrote to parliament Speaker Mike Oquaye that the four …

The Court of Appeal has  upheld a lower court decision that nullified the election of FDC’s Apollo Kantinti as Kyadondo East Constituency Member of Parliament (MP). Justices Richard Buteera, Cheborion Balishaki and Paul Mugamba have  unanimously agreed with High Court Judge Henry Kaweesa that there was non-compliance with the electoral …

The Court of Appeal has nullified the election of NRM’s Isaac Joackino Etuuka as the Upper Madi Member of Parliament (MP) after evidence showed that he was wrongly nominated  by the Electoral Commission (EC) and accidentally included on the ballot paper. Justices Remmy Kasule, Richard Buteera and Alfonse Owiny-Dollo ordered the …

MPs task government to explain “loss” of tax payers’ money through incentives to specific companies as sh524 billion supplementary budget is tabled Uganda Parliament’s Budget Committee has tasked the Ministry of Finance to explain to them as soon as possible why government chose to help pay huge taxes for profit making companies. …

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 …