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Deputy Speaker Anita Among has sent a warning to all committee chairpersons who have failed to produce reports on bills under their scrutiny. She says all the bills that have delayed at the committee stage will be passed and approved without the recommendations of the respective committees. Committees are supposed to scrutinize a bill and [...]
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The Public Accounts Committee – PAC has recommended the Auditor General conducts a forensic audit in the Shillings 53.5 billion distributed to vulnerable Ugandans as COVID-19 relief. This follows a joint report by the Central and Local Governments Committee on Public Accounts indicating mismanagement of the COVID-19 relief cash. The Committee was tasked to verify [...]
Government has unveiled a plan to impound imported counterfeit mobile phones currently sold in shops around the country. The State minister for ICT and National Guidance Godfrey Kabbyanga Baluku made the disclosure while appearing before the parliamentary committee on ICT chaired by Budiope East member of parliament Moses Magogo. The committee is handling a petition [...]
Through this partnership, MTN Pulse and VU will provide 5 full and 5 partial scholarships to Pulsers to commence studies in the University’s March intake. The these scholarships are targeting creative and innovative teens with transformational ideas that can be developed and implemented to solve society's problems and positively impact society. Through this partnership, both [...]
The Uganda Young Democrats has announced plans to reclaim its position as one of the strongest youth organizations on the African continent. Among the plans to rediscover its past glory is the strengthening of its student organizations by launching the UYD Students Union as an umbrella of all UYD Chapters in educational institutions in Uganda.
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Members on the defence committee of parliament have objected to a cut in the police budget for crime intelligence gathering. The Police presented their budget proposals to the committee for the financial Year 2022/23 totaling Shs840 billion. Currently, the force needs Shs304 billion annually for crime intelligence but only gets Shs 42.7 billion. MPs on [...]
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Members of Parliament have opposed a government move to buy out Umeme. UMEME was granted a 10-year concession in 2015 and has so far invested 547.5m dollars. However government has not indicated any interest in renewing the concession which expires in 2025. The Ministry of Energy has however sought a budget of 256.2 billion Shillings [...]
Members of Parliament have opposed a government move to buy out Umeme. UMEME was granted a 10-year concession in 2015 and has so far invested 547.5m dollars. However government has not indicated any interest in renewing the concession which expires in 2025. The Ministry of Energy has however sought a budget of 256.2 billion Shillings [...]
Billionaire Born Today: East Africa's Business Mogul Sudhir Ruparelia Clocks 66 Kampala: East Africa's celebrated billionaire, money magnet, business mogul, honorary consul of the Republic of Nepal to Uganda HE.Dr Sudhir Ruparelia has today clocked 66yrs old. Thousands of young people he has mentored, relatives, friends, and people from various corners of the world have [...]
Gravity Omutujju, a.k.a. Gereson Wabuyu, recently recalled a time in 2012 when Bebe Cool stole a microphone from him as he was performing live on stage at Namungona's Labamba bar. He explained that Bebe discovered him playing and, in a hurry to get to another event, he asked the audience whether they wanted him (Bebe) [...]
