Tag Archives: 11th Parliament

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among adjourned parliamentary sitting on Thursday due to the continued absence of ministers in these sessions. The sitting was pushed to 24th August 2021. This continued absence of ministers has caused a lot of delay in Parliament business and affected decision making greatly. There were claims from some legislators that also pushed Anita Among ...

The National Unity Platform(NUP) has revealed that it will be slashing at least a Shs1million off each party MP’s Shs200m. The MPs received this money from the government to enable them to purchase vehicles. NUP said the party will use this money to finance a string of services which include the construction of party offices. The Chief Whip of opposition, ...

Opposition politician and MP for Bugiri, Asuman Basalirwa has come out to show his disappointment in the way the government handled the COVID-19 situation. He said the government deliberately excluded parliament in the second lockdown measures. A few weeks ago, the President after meeting with the national COVID-19 task force and the Ministry of Health, declared a 42-day lockdown. The ...

Leader of opposition, Mathias Mpuuga has written a letter of dissatisfaction towards the closure of Parliament. Last week the speaker of parliament asked Parliament to close for a period of two weeks. This was due to the rising cases among the members of parliament. However, in this letter, there was nothing like a way forward on how business will run. ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has asked President Yoweri Museveni to forward the list of new cabinet ministers. He asked for the list on Thursday because he had not yet received it. The request came in after the presentation of the budget by the finance state minister-designated Amos Lugoloobi. ‘’I have not yet received the list of ministers,’’ the ...