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Parliament has today held a special sitting and paid tribute to Joyce Rovincer Mpanga, a former Member of Parliament and Minister, for her commendable contribution towards women’s emancipation and the education sector. Mpanga who passed away at 90 on Saturday was a celebrated educationist, women’s rights activist, and veteran politician having served in the pre-independence Legislative Council. Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa received the body of the fallen former minister Joyce Mpanga at the stairs of parliament before proceeding to lay in State for public viewing. The special sitting started in the afternoon and the Deputy Speaker, Tayebwa led Parliament in…
Legislators sitting on the Parliamentary Forum on Water Sanitation and Hygiene have called for increased investment in the water sector to improve the quality of lives of the people in Uganda, saying the reliance on MPs to dig into their pockets to repair water sources like boreholes in their constituencies isn’t sustainable. Lawmakers made the pleas while addressing journalists at Parliament, ahead of the annual Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Symposium in which civil society groups Twaweza East Africa and Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA) released figures on the recent studies taken on the status of water and sanitation in…
Soybean is a nutritional powerhouse that is gaining popularity in Uganda. Incorporating soya-enhanced products into daily meals can enhance well-being and promote a healthier lifestyle. According to Nantege Regina, an award-winning Dietitian/Nutritionist with 5 years of experience in improving health using diet therapy, there are three reasons why adding soya-enhanced products to daily meals can boost your health. He explains that soybeans are a great source of quality protein. A cup of thick soy porridge made with 20g soy flour provides 7.6 g protein, which is comparable to eating 1 large, boiled egg with 6g protein. Whole soy flour contains…
The Vice President of Uganda Jessica Alupo has challenged aviators in Africa to use this year’s Africa Airlines Association General Assembly sitting in Kampala to find solutions for obstacles in the aviation industry in Africa. Alupo who opened the 55th general assembly at Speke Hotel in Munyonyo, Kampala is concerned with limited intra-African connectivity which makes air transport expensive and time-consuming. Over 500 aviation delegates from 35 African countries are converging in Munyonyo for the 55th Annual General Assembly of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) organized under the theme of “Strides to Transform Aviation for Development”. The Assembly is aimed at…
Speaker Anita Among has called on lawmakers to prioritize the improvement of the Prison facilities by appropriating sufficient funds in the 2023/2024 financial year budget to address issues of congestion in prisons The speaker and members of parliament have expressed concerns over increased congestion in prisons arising from a shortage of facilities and case backlog. Among, who was presiding over today’s House sitting, told parliament that she had received terrifying concerns about congestion in prisons from the Commissioner General of Uganda Prison Services Dr. Johnson Byabashaija who cried out to parliament to do the needful. Legislators decried the appalling…
Lawmakers from Lango sub-region have protested the decision by the Government to abandon the construction of Aki-Bua Stadium among stadia to host the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in 2027, on grounds that the region has no roads and airports required to host such a tournament. Lango MPs have described the move as a breach of contract against the people of Lango sub-region who have been waiting to have the stadium constructed since 2010. The MPs made the remarks while addressing journalists at Parliament, and in a statement read by Judith Alyek (Kole DWR) who also doubles as Chairperson of…
The speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among has threatened to invoke parliamentary rules of procedures of the boycotting opposition legislators whose absence in parliament is prolonged. However, the opposition is not bothered by the new development saying they officially wrote to the speaker about their absence. The government has promised to respond to opposition demands on 21st November. Rule 112 (6) of the rules of procedure of parliament provides that Except with the permission of the Speaker, a Member shall not absent himself or herself from fifteen or more sittings of the House during any period when the House is continuously…
The chairperson for the Uganda Women’s Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) Sarah Opendi has called for the promotion use of contraceptives rather than allowing abortion, as a means of preventing Unwanted Pregnancies. Opendi made the remarks at the launch of a campaign dubbed Women’s Lobby Day under the theme” Act with others Rather than alone, power of numbers” at Parliament. Speaking to the young women activists at Parliament Opendi encouraged the use of contraceptives to avoid getting unwanted pregnancy, which may lead to abortion resulting in death. “The issues around abortion, the constitution does not wholly prohibit abortion, when the life of a…
As plenary resumes tomorrow after two weeks of partial recess, the opposition in parliament is divided on whether to maintain the boycott of parliament sittings or call it off and take the battle back on the floor of the house. This is as some opposition lawmakers lose steam in the prolonged boycott while others insist that they can’t return to parliament with a raw deal. Parliament sittings will resume tomorrow after two weeks of a partial recess that was announced by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa on 31st October following a stalemate in the house caused by an Opposition boycott of…
The speaker of parliament Anita Annet Among has called for the renovation of the Mulago Private wing ahead of the two international conferences to be hosted in Uganda next year. Among was visiting Mulago to check on the Dakabela county MP Cosmos Elotu who got in an accident recently and was concerned with the under-staffing of ICU specialists at the facility. Anita Among the speaker of parliament made her way to Mulago Hospital at around 10:30 am to check on the ailing Dakabela county legislator Cosmos Elotu who is receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit –ICU after surviving a…
Deputy Speaker Tayebwa advises Parliamentary SACCO to start a bank* The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has advised the Parliamentary Saving and Credit Cooperative Organisation’s leaders to start a bank to serve the wider public better. Mr Tayebwa who was presiding over the 19th Annual General Meeting of the members of SACCO on Friday, said the bank would bring more money for the benefit of the members on account of a solid assets base. “Looking at this SACCO with assets of around Shs67 billion, this is strong and I think next year we need to look at starting a…
Goes For Selection The National Resistance Movement-NRM party has abandoned the recent resolution of the NRM Parliamentary Caucus retreat in Kyankwanzi to have parliamentary commissioners elected by members of parliament rather than appointed by the top party organ CEC. The government chief whip Denis Hamson Obua says they are going to follow the old order where commissioners are selected by the CEC since the NRM caucus resolution was not approved by the party. In June this year, the NRM Parliamentary Caucus retreat which sat in Kyankwanzi passed a resolution mandating members of parliament to elect parliamentary backbench commissioners instead of…
The First Lady, Hon Janet Museveni, has congratulated Speaker of Parliament Hon Anita Among, and her husband Hon Eng Moses Magogo on delivering a set of twins. In a letter to the Speaker, the First Lady conveyed her best wishes and that of President Yoweri Museveni, lauding the Speaker for juggling her demanding duties as Speaker and motherhood, which she said sets a good example for young, working mothers. “Mzee [President Yoweri Museveni] and myself congratulate you and Hon Magogo and we hope that both you and the babies are doing well,” she said in her October 26, 2023 letter.…
The opposition has voted to keep their boycott of house sittings alive until the government addresses the issues of human rights abuses. They have refuted the alleged peace talks with the government to resolve the impasse. After a long week of Ping-Pong in the house, today the opposition caucus in parliament convened to review their boycott The meeting chaired by Mathias Mpuuga the leader of the opposition resolved to maintain the boycott until their demands are fulfilled. Mpuuga says he had a meeting with the deputy speaker Thomas Tayebwa who assured him that he has supplied government agencies with all the…
Yesterday, members of the Parliamentary Committee of Agriculture turned away the minister of finance Matia Kasaija for failing to provide accurate information regarding the implementation of the project to establish irrigation schemes, dams, and valley tanks in Karamoja and Teso sub-region. The committee says its oversight tours in the two sub-regions discovered that some dams are ghosts. The Finance Minister Matia Kasaija was appearing before the parliamentary committee of agriculture investigating the stalled water dams project6 in Karamoja. The committee is concerned that the government has been pumping billions of money into the construction of dams in Karamoja but on…