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By our reporter. The leader of opposition Winfred Kizza has saluted MPs who voted against the Amendment to remove the age limit of the president from the constitution. ” Dear Ugandans ,I salute my fellow members that were able to stand with you as we defended the constitution, we shall hold dearly your views and believe your voices will continue to awaken the conscious of those that betrayed your trust Winnie noted”. Addressing journalists at parliament, together with some of members who Opposed the Bill ,Kizza said that, the whole process was illegal and they will challenge it in courts…
317 MPs have voted in favour of the Age limit Bill being read for the second reading and now at the committee of the while house going on. article 262 of the constitution requires two-thirds of the total number of Members of Parliament with voting rights to amend any provision of the constitution like articles 102(b). 61 among others. 79 members of parliament maily from the opposition and some Independents voted against the Bill, 2 people abstained. The required number to pass a bill is 280 ,but the number supeesed the required number. Parliament also passed the amendment to retore…
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga declined to adhere to the plea of different mps including the leader of opposition who had not gotten chance to debate on the report of the legal committee regarding the uplifting of presidential age limit. Ngora county woman representative Jacqueline Amongin raised a procedural point inquiring into whether the house is proceeding rightly when the people of Ngora have not heard her submit her views on constitutional amendments Bill. Leader of opposition Winnie Kiiza noted that Money was spent to get veiws of the people, therefore to hear their views submitted . She said…
PRESS RELEASE The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) “The Cotton Bank of Africa” Supports Burkina Faso’s Cotton Sector with a EUR 107 Million Financing This financing agreement will support the purchase of seed cotton from farmers and cooperatives JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 18, 2017/ — The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group signed a EUR 107 Million Murabaha Financing Agreement (CFA franc 70 billion) to finance Burkina Faso 2017/2018 Cotton Season with SOFITEX (the national cotton company) as executing agent. This transaction is in line with the new…
By.Damba Rogers. Women under their mother body UWONET have warmly welcome the changes made by the law reform commission in the previous marriage and divorce bill 2009 and now are demanding parliament to consider the new marriage 2017 bill among the priority issues to be handled. Among the changes in the marriage bill 2017 include, the removal of cohabitation since it was strongly opposed by religious leaders, a provision is introduced on notice of intention to marry under customary marriages, a provision on conversion of a customary monogamous marriage into a Christian or Civil marriage is introduced, a provision on…
The age limit bill has been read for the second time in parliament. In a special sitting held this morning, the bill was read by it’s original mover Hon Raphael Magezi amidst protests by opposition members of parliament who still question the legality of its processing. In a heated session, members including kira municipality Semujju Nganda and Winifred Nuwagaba raised objections to proceedings on grounds of subjudice in relation to a case that was lodged in the East African court of justice halting proceedings on the bill. Opposition members also aleged that two MPs were illegally designated to the committee…
Top five business risks for East Africa Investor Demand and Business Activity to Increase as Political Stability Returns to Kenya Kenya is emerging from a protracted presidential election process and seeing a return to political stability. Nonetheless, challenges will persist in 2018 for organisations operating in the country and East Africa more widely. High debt levels in Kenya and unpredictable policymaking in Tanzania are among the key risks for businesses operating in the region in the year ahead, says specialist global risk consultancy Control Risks in its annual political and security risk forecast RiskMap. Management of high debt levels and regulatory…
LOVE OR HATE HIM, ABIRIGA COULD BE SMARTER THAN YOUR MP Opinion by Prince Apollo. Ibrahim Abiriga, the area MP for Arua Municipality is no doubt the MP who has made his name and made bold headlines in the 10th Parliament. But ofcourse, for wrong reasons. Abiriga has become a household name and I hear that his name is being integrated into contemporary english vocabulary. Abiriga made his name when he boldly initiated the age-limit agenda and later when he admitted to have turned a city sidewalk into a lavatory. But I was shocked to learn that he is the…
First Lady Janet and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni hosted guests to the annual Thanksgiving Service at State House, Entebbe under the theme “Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of God”. Later, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, addressed the gathering. Source state house Facebook page PRESIDENTS REMARKS ………………………………….. Religious leaders should join me in the struggle to fight poverty. A total of 68% of homesteads are in subsistence farming, they don’t care about making money yet we are in the era of making money. Christians and Muslims must take the lead in chasing poverty from Africa. You cannot…
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By.Damba Rogers The Uganda joint Christian council is disappointed by government decision to allow the amendment of the constitution through a private members bill saying this makes Ugandans irrelevant when it comes to national decision making. The council had asked government to set up a constitutional review commission to collect all the changes Ugandans want to be made in the constitution and be dealt with as it was done during the making of the constitution in 1995. The chairperson of the council Stanley Ntagali says that it is regrettable that the proposal they shared with many Ugandans was not considered…
By.Damba Rogers District information officers meeting in Kampala say, they are delinked from government business yet they are government workers which have caused disjointed communication, poor service delivery in the districts and other govt departments and agencies hence slow service delivery. Led by the district information officers’ chairman, Okiro Ejuru Francis who also doubles as the Pallisa district information officer state that their offices across the country are poorly facilitated with no and sometimes poor internet connection, not empowered to fully execute their duties as they are given a skeleton budget of not more than UGX.5M a full financial year.…
SICKLE CELL TESTING PRICES SHOULD BE LOWERED Ministry of health is calling on private health facilities to lower the sickle cell test fees so as to enable ugandans know their status in regards to the disease. Currently the lowest testing price at a private health facility costs UGX.40,000. The director clinical services in the ministry, Dr. Charles Olaro says the high fees charged from those willing to take tests have scared many Ugandans. This has contributed to increased numbers of babies born with the disease hence increasing the burden in the country. He made the remarks, while recieving 15000 sickle cell…
MPs Set To Meet M7 On Sugar Bill 2016 The Parliamentary committee on tourisim , trade and industry handling the sugar bili 2016 is set to Meet President Museveni next week ,the chairperson of the committee Alex Ruhunda has said. He said the committee is intrested in meeting the president is because he had already made directives on a number of issues which are touching the serious clauses Within the Bill. “The sugar bill has taken quit some time, it’s one of the hot issues we have been handling as a committee ,we are in the final stages, we have…
The tenson at parliament was low after the age limit report missed on the order paper today, Although some mps were hoping that speaker kadaga would amend the order paper to bring the matter for debate , she did not during her communication to parliament. However the chairperson of the legal and parliamentary affairs Jacob Oboth oboth who is supposed to present the report on the age limit to the floor ,told journalists at Parliament that, he handed over both the majority and minority report to the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and now waits her to allocate time for this business.…