CAPTION: MPs during the sitting when the rules were amended Friday 20th February 2025. (Courtsey photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Parliament has amended its rules of procedure to provide for election of the four backbench commissioners dropping the current system of selection by parties.The House Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline, which reviewed the current rules […]
CAPTION: Chief Whip Obua present to governmet withdraw of the UPDF Amendment Bill Friday February 2oth, 2025. (Courtsey photo). By Our reporterPARLIAMENT – The Government Chief Whip, Hon. Denis Hamson Obua on Thursday moved a motion on the floor of Parliament to withdraw the UPDF Amendment Bill. Hon. Obua told the House, chaired by Speaker Rt. […]
CAPTION: Dr. Diana Musoke presenting her views about the Marriage Bill, 2024 to the joint meeting of the committees on Gender, Labor and Social Development and Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on Wednesday, 19 February 2025.(Coutsey photo). By Our reporterPARLIAMENT – A family law expert at the Islamic University In Uganda (IUIU), Dr. Diana Musoke has warned […]
CAPTION: Members of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces’ (UPDF) Engineers Brigade are on site in Kampala. (File photo). KAMPALA – Members of Parliament (MPs) have raised concern over the capacity of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces’ (UPDF) Engineers Brigade to accomplish multiple projects across different sectors, citing issues of efficiency, project timelines, and budget allocations.During an […]
By Our reporterPARLIAMENT – Members have passed a tough proposal to ensure they attend committee meetings or get punished for dodging.According to the new rule, a committee member must attend meetings unless granted leave of absence and failure if which, can result in the member being removed from the committee and banned from re-designation for […]
CAPTION: The pistol recovered from the suspects and the identity card. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporter LAMWO – The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) has arrested two suspects with a pistol at Apieta checkpoint in Lamwo District. According to Third Brigade Commander Lt Col Ipolito Mubangizi the suspects identified as Olanya Golden Ricky (46), […]
CAPTION: Gen. Kainerugaba, (R), with U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, William Popp (R) during a meeting at the Special Forces Headquarters in Entebbe on Wednesday. (Courtesy photo). KAMPALA – The Chief of Defense Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has praised the longstanding relationship and cooperation between Uganda and the United States of America, emphasizing the importance of ensuring […]
CAPTION: Speaker of Parliament Among (left) with Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament Betty Nambooze, (right) during the sitting of the House. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Speaker Anita Among has asked legislators to allow the Ministry of Education and Sports to consider the Education Policy Review Commission Report before it is presented to Parliament.The report […]
CAPTION: Ugandan opposition leader and four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, stands in the dock at the Makindye Martial Court in Kampala, Uganda, November 20. 2024. (File photo). By Our reporterKAMPALA – Retired Col Dr Kizza Besigye did not appear before Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court for further hearing of the inciting violence case.On Tuesday, Besigye wrote […]
