GULU – Members of Parliament from the Karamoja sub-region have asked government to develop and implement a policy for free compulsory boarding school education for all learners.The motion moved by Pian County Member of Parliament, Hon. Remigio Achiahighlighted the historical challenges faced by the Karamoja sub-region where 65 per cent of the population lacks formal […]
Hon. Nyamutoro responds to issues raised in the report Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has advised the Minister of State for Energy and Mineral Development, Hon. Phiona Nyamutoro to consider requesting for a supplementary budget to resettle and compensate the Karuma Hydro power project affected persons (PAPs). The proposed budget for resettlement of 119 people displaced by the […]
By Our reporterLUWERO – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reiterated his call to Ugandans to support the government’s strategy of free education for all in government schools. According to the President, this strategy has not been grasped by many actors, thus calling upon all the stakeholders to ensure that they follow up its implementation in the […]
Our reporterGULU – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has implored the Members of Parliament to mobilize Ugandans to take part in wealth creation initiatives in order to stabilise their homestead income.“I have been telling you since the 1960s that whatever you do if you want people to develop, start with the homestead incomes because now you […]
By Our Reporter SOMALIA – Uganda People Defense Force (UPDF) serving under the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has been advised to exercise and feed well to meet the hard task ahead of them to keep peace in the Horn of Africa. UPDF Commander Land Force Lt Gen Kayanja Muhanga made the call […]
GULU – The first regional parliamentary sitting on Wednesday, 28 August 2024 kicked off in Gulu city, Northern Uganda.Speaker Anita Among who is chairing the sitting, emphasised that the decision to hold parliamentary sittings in Uganda’s four traditional regions is aimed at bridging the gap between Parliament and the people. She explained that this initiative is […]
By Our reporterENTEBBE – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has received a special message from the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), H.E Felix Tshisekedi.The Special message was delivered by President Tshisekedi’s Special envoy and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation, and Francophonie, Her Excellency, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner Wednesday, August 28, 2024. She was accompanied […]
By Our reporterNAKASONGOLA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who is also the Commander in Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has on Thursday 15th 2024 passed out 298 Counter Terrorism Warriors of Intake 58 trainees of Special Tactics who successfully completed their 9 months of hectic training at the School of Military Intelligence […]
KAMPALA – In her two year tenure following corruption scandals and international sanctions, under pressure Speaker Anita Among has had to adopt various strategies to cope and survive reports the Independent.Her latest gambit, as the precincts of parliament remain sealed behind security barricades since the July 23 #March2Parliament protests, is to hold parliamentary sittings away […]
