Tag Archives: Rebecca Kadaga

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament on Tuesday afternoon raised queries on what could have caused the death of their colleague Faith Alupo, the Woman MP for Pallisa district. Alupo died a week ago after a short illness. At the time of her death, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One of the three people who were knocked by the lead car of the speaker’s motorcade in Fort Portal tourism city has died. Karima Mitala breathed his last at his home in Nyabusozi cell in Central Division Fort Portal around 9pm on Sunday. His …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has sought Parliament’s consideration to have the Minister of Internal Affairs Gen. Jeje Odongo to present an action taken report on the Kibwetere massacre as well as compensation for the orphans. Parliament was expecting the premier to present the report today …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have demanded that the government treats all Ugandans equally regardless of their political opinions. On Wednesday, MPs from across the political divide asked the government to ensure that all rights should continue to be protected even when the country embarks on the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A  joint team comprising members from the finance and gender committees in parliament has rejected proposed direct lending by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to the government. The committee members say that this is intended to avoid abuse of member’s funds and conflict of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Academic staff from private universities have sought parliament’s intervention to have government avail them 25.4 billion Shillings to create a revolving fund that is aimed at facilitating their members who have been greatly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Under the Consortium of Private Universities …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda to immediately appear before parliament and provide the government position in regard to re-opening of education institutions. Kadaga’s directive followed complaints by a section of Members of Parliament in regard to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has given the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ephraim Kamuntu up to the end of this week to explain a reported decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) not to nominate aspirants whose names are not similar with those on their academic documents. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A meeting convened by the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to resolve the US $42M payment dispute for Isimba Dam construction ended in counter accusations between the officials of China International Water & Electric Co and Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited-UEGCL. The Tuesday afternoon …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija has again skipped  attendance of plenary sessions where he is meant to answer questions over delayed payment of South Sudan traders. Kasaija who appeared in Parliament at 11:00 am to meet with Kadaga and Isimba dam contractors was also …