Ruth Nankabirwa, the minister of Energy and Mineral Development has said destruction of electricity infrastructure is like terrorism. For this reason, the government should deal with it the same way it deals with terrorism. She says this vice has become so rampant and has caused a lot of issues with the electricity in the country. She said this while speaking ...
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Parliament Should Unite And Tell President And His Wife They Don’t Own Uganda, Kabuleeta
Former Presidential candidate, Joseph Kabuleeta has urged Parliament to unite and come together as one body. He said this regarding the ongoing situation with the first lady who asked to meet parliamentarians. Kabuleeta advised the legislators to stand together and tell the president he doesn’t own this country. “I wish for once; the Parliament would be united and tell the ...
Read More »Deputy Speaker Anita Among In Madrid For IPU Conference
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among is in Spain’s capital Madrid to attend the 142nd Inter-Parliamentary Union conference. IPU is a global organization of national parliaments. Among held a bilateral meeting with the president and executive committee of the IPU on the sidelines of the conference. The meeting aimed at establishing the role the Ugandan Parliament can play in ...
Read More »If We Don’t Plant Trees Now, We Shall Not Have Any In Few Years – Experts Warn
Experts have warned the public about cutting down trees in the country. Under the body , Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), experts said by 2050 if there is no significant intervention, the country will not have a single forest in a few decades. In 2014 ministry of Energy and Mineral Development released a report on energy consumption in the country. Apparently, ...
Read More »Gov’t Pressured To Exhume Remains Of Migrant Worker Illegally Buried In Saudi Arabia
An NGO, Migrant Workers Voice that assists migrant workers including whose rights have been violated at work sent a petition to the government of Uganda. The petition intends to put pressure on the Ugandan government to have them exhume the remains of a migrant worker who died and was buried illegally in Saudi Arabia. Shadia Najjuko, 31, died in June ...
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