Tag Archives: 11th Parliament

Parliament is today set to sit after they suspended sessions on Tuesday due to bomb blasts. The August House on Tuesday suspended business for safety after suicide bombers tried their lives. The explosion happened around Parliament Avenue which is not far from the August House. However, no Member of Parliament sustained injuries on this day. Due to this, Clerk to ...

Parliament is today expected to pass the much anticipated NSSF Bill or rather the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Amendment Bill, 2021. Deputy Speaker Anita Among, on November 4 assured the Chairman General of the National Organisation of Trade Union Usher Owere that they will pass the bill today. ‘’My chairman general, the committee report came to the House yesterday ...

The family of the first-ever Ugandan female legislator, Florence Alice Lubega, wants the government to give her an official burial. Lubega passed away on October 28 aged 103. She joined parliament in 1962 and served in the Legislative Council between 1958 and 1961. In 1962, she returned as Ssingo North West MP, present-day Mityana, and Mubende districts. This made her ...

The August House will apparently not be open for members of parliament without evidence of full vaccination against Covid. Parliament informed members that this will take effect on 1st November 2020. “You are hereby informed that with effect from Monday, November, 1, 2021, access to parliamentary precincts will be restricted to only those that have been vaccinated against Covid,” a ...

Former presidential candidate, Bobi Wine has said that Museveni is always looking for repressive tactics to control opposition politicians. Bobi Wine said this quoting a headline in the observer that read that they have ordered the MPs to make sure the bail bill must pass. He said this is evidence that Museveni is hell-bent on making their lives very difficult. ...