New move leaves army generals, Parliamentarians guessing Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | America’s visa ping pong with Uganda goes on. Once again, the U.S. has issued visa bans on top Ugandan officials to continue a trend that has played out for four years. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken made …
Read More »African Parliamentarians call for scrutiny of International Instruments on family values and sovereignty
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Parliamentarians who attended a conference on family values and sovereignty have called on their respective governments to cease signing international instruments that bind their countries without allowing legislators to scrutinize them. The call was a response to what they perceived as a new …
Read More »Parliaments must not shy away from political governance issues – LOP
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga has called on African and Asian legislatures to address the political governance issues in their respective countries if the two continents are to improve their citizen’s quality of life. Mpuuga made the remarks on Thursday evening …
Read More »Kadaga: End gender violence in elections
Chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Rebecca Kadaga has urged fellow legislators to help end violence targeted at women during elections. She said there are many incidents of women being victims of election related violence compared to men, which indicates that women are often targeted not necessarily because of their …
Read More »Parliamentarians urge increased funding for Lake Victoria
By Julius Odeke Members of the Parliamentary Committee on East African Community Affairs in the Republic of Uganda have promised to recommend increased Partner States financial contributions for the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC). The Parliamentarians, who were on a two-today visit to LVBC Secretariat in Kisumu, Kenya, were responding …
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