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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has asked officials from the Office of the Prime (OPM) to furnish Parliament with documentary evidence of how Shs9.6Bn was spent on training some Youths on how to drink coffee in Uganda This was after the unearthing that some of the coffee shops paid for by Government are non-existent. Robert Limlim, Director of, the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) at OPM submitted to Public Accounts Committee – PAC that training of youths on how to drink coffee saying it was geared towards bringing the youths into the coffee economy and the…
On the occasion of World Population Day, UNICEF celebrates the progress made by Uganda in managing its population and advocates for further balancing population growth and the availability of resources for quality care and services, particularly for newborns. With a population of over 45 million, Uganda has one of the fastest-growing populations in the world with more than 50 percent of its citizens below the age of 18 years. This number is expected to double by 2040. As the population increases, so will the needs of children and families—the need for education, health facilities, access to clean and safe water,…
By Adiga Jukius A section of members of Parliament have called for a review of the law on civil imprisonment saying money lenders have abused it to embarrass politicians. The call comes as more MPs continue to be sent to prisons as judgment debtors after failure to pay their debt obligations. Of late a couple of legislators have not been in good books with their creditors as they struggle to meet their debt obligations, shortly after the release of the Bunyangabu county legislator Davis Kamukama from civil imprisonment in Luzira, two more MPs have been sent to prisons as Judgment…
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire, has asked Parliament to legalize the use of Marijuana (cannabis) for medical purposes, saying the old position of the law should yield new scientific findings that endorse the herb as medicine. The government is also seeking to remove Khat from the list of prohibited narcotic drugs in the statute books of Uganda. Maj Gen. Kahinda Otafiire the Internal Affairs Minister, who led a team of top officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to submit the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Bill under review, revealed that there was no point in the…
By Adiga Julius The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has proposed to the Government to block all pornographic websites to stop the surge in children seeing adult material. Tayebwa made the proposal on Wednesday while officiating the policymakers’ engagement summit on financing for young people, organized by the Uganda Parliamentary Forum for Children (UPFC) in Kampala. The Deputy Speaker explained that currently children are being exposed to cartoons of violence, while teens are exposed to pornography, a situation that must be dealt with to save children from immoralities. He rallied the Minister of Youth and Children, Sarah Nyirabashitsi Mateke…
Government projects to collect Shs5b annually introducing 5% income tax on Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, and other digital companies. Today the Ministry of Finance vehemently defended its plans to slap 5% income tax on non-resident digital companies offering digital services in Uganda. The minister of state for finance Henry Musasizi today appeared before the parliamentary committee of finance and proposed a 5% tax on digital companies owned by foreigners. The proposal contained in Clause 16 of the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 resurfaced on Thursday last week after President Museveni returned the Bill and he, among other things, demanded that Parliament…
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has urged the government to tighten regulations on the mushrooming DNA paternity laboratories in the country to avoid cases of fake results that threaten to break families. In his communication while starting off today’s parliament session, the deputy speaker of parliament Thomas Tayebwa expressed concerns over the recent upsurge in DNA testing saying it has mostly affected children who are found victims. Tayebwa asked Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to guide the nation on how DNA should be conducted without breaking families and ruining the lives of innocent children. He emphasized the sensitivity of the matter and…
The minister of internal affairs Maj Gen Kahinda Otafiire has told parliament that the government had already established intelligence on the looming terror threat before the government of the United Kingdom issued a warning over the same through a travel advisory issued to its citizens. Over the weekend, the United Kingdom issued a travel advisory to its citizens against Uganda, citing increased terrorism threats. The terror alert came against an attack on a school in Mpondwe, Kasese district by suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels that left at least 43 people dead. In a statement, it says terrorists are very…
The Public Accounts Committee of parliament has directed Uganda Prisons Services to produce the names of prisons officers who are behind torture of inmates. This was after establishing that the Uganda Prisons owe prisoners compensations due to torture and other forms of human rights violations amounting to Shs244m While interfacing with officials of Uganda prisons Services over queries highlighted in the Auditor General’s Report of financial year ended June 202, Legislators on the Public Accounts Committee in Charge of Central Government noted with concern that Uganda Prisons Services is choking on arrears of court awards and compensation to inmates amounting…
The ministry of water and environment blames parliament for the increased environment degradation across the country. The ministry says parliament has been significantly cutting their budgets for tree planting in consecutive financial years. However, MPs sitting on the Public Accounts committee fault the ministry officials for sleeping on Job while environment depletion rages on. According to the permanent secretary of the ministry of water and environment Alfred Okidi parliament has been making huge cuts in the budget for community tree planting which has frustrated efforts by the ministry to restore the vegetation cover by supporting communities to plant trees. Okidi made…
By Adiga Julius Global Community and Leadership Impact activist, Apostle Dr. Larita Rice-Barnes is scheduled to visit Uganda next month July 2023. Dr. Larita is the Chief Executive Officer – CEO and founder of Global Impact Leadership Alliance- GILA, the founder of Global Impact Leadership Alliance (GILA), an organization established to assist with meeting the needs of developing nations to promote racial and economic dignity. From St. Louis City in Missouri, United States of America – USA, Dr. Larita will be traveling with a delegation to pay a courtesy call to the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa would later meet some legislators…
Legislators on Tuesday reconsidered the National Sports Bill, 2023 integrating several amendments that included the erasure of kickboxing and the introduction of archery sport in the country. Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity. The National Sports Bill, a Private Member’s Bill was moved by Moses Magogo, the Budiope East County Member of Parliament. It was initially tabled for First Reading on November 10, 2022, and was passed by the House on…
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has challenged the United Nations Security Council chiefs to create two permanent seats for African representatives in renewed calls for the organ’s restructurings. Speaking at the 63rd Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) – European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly on Tuesday in Brussels, Belgium, Tayebwa argued that it is a dishonor for Africa, which is three times bigger than Europe, not to be permanently represented at the UN Security Council. According to Tayebwa, there are no permanent members from Latin America or Africa, and China is the only Asian member which…
The Karamoja Parliamentary Group wants the president to take appropriate action against implicated Ministers. The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) closed 17 files on the theft and diversion of Iron Sheets meant for the Karamoja Region. Speaking to the Press on Saturday, the DPP noted that they did not find sufficient evidence to proceed with 17 case files of suspects. This means that Vice President Jessica Alupo, Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, and Speaker of Parliament Anita Among who had been implicated, will not be prosecuted. In this regard, legislators from the Karamoja subregion have come out to…
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development is in trouble over the utilization of 527 billion Shillings meant for the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) following its merger with the ministry.REA was absorbed by the mother ministry following the rationalization of government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies – MDAs, a move aimed at eliminating structural and functional duplications and overlaps.It came to the notice of Parliament that during the merger process, REA was authorized to transfer 527 billion Shillings from its accounts to the mother ministry, and the money has since been diverted into other activities following the funding deficit.Tororo South County…