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MPs ask Kadaga to rule on independent legislators

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament tasked Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga on Tuesday afternoon to clearly come out with a position on designating independent legislators to different committees. The matter came up during the designation of MPs to different Sectoral Committees of Parliament …

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MPs demand more funds for Netball team

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have asked the Ministry of Education and Finance to allocate more funds to facilitate the national team, She Cranes at the World Cup. She Cranes will play against England, Samoa and Scotland in Group D. Though the team has already arrived …

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MPs seek answers on boda boda, mobile money murders

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recent attacks targeting mobile money operators and Boda boda riders have drawn the attention of parliament. Members of Parliament want Government to explains the attacks, which have claimed the lives of several mobile money operators and Boda boda riders. Robina Rwakojo, the Gomba …

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Opposition, speaker to meet over electoral reforms

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition in Parliament will on Friday meet the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga over electoral reforms ahead of the 2021 elections. In 2016, Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice Bart Katureebe while delivering their judgment in the Amama Mbabazi Versus Museveni and …

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Gov’t falls out with UTL administrator Bemanya Twebaze

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Investment and Privatization, has in a new twist of events written to the Attorney General to apply to the court for orders replacing Bemanya Twebaze as the Administrator of Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL). In a letter dated June 26, 2019, …

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Kadaga cautions MPs about speaking to Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has cautioned legislators on engaging president, Yoweri Museveni directly on matters concerning parliament. In her communication to parliament on Tuesday, Kadaga expressed disappointment about what she described as indiscipline among some legislators who address the president on issues …

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Kadaga, IPOD meet over electoral reforms

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Inter party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) Council have met the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to discuss the IPOD resolution of enacting electoral reforms. The iPod is composed of Political Parties including National Resistance Movement (NRM), Democratic Party (DP), Justice Forum (JEEMA), …

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