Tag Archives: 11th Parliament

A section of members of Parliament have requested the reinstatement of the Constituency Development Fund. This is because their voters have overwhelming demands yet it is at times difficult to release funds for the development of constituencies. According to the MPs, the fund can help meet constituency demands to deliver services on the government’s behalf. A couple of years back, ...

Minister of Information Communication and Technology, Chris Baryomunsi, has said Ministers don’t have to attend Plenary sessions to show they are working. In any case, he says they will not be evaluated according to the number of times they have attended plenary sessions but how they will have delivered regarding their positions. “There is no crisis. The Ministers have been ...

The government recently proposed an increment of the fees for renewal and application of national IDs. It said that the fee would be increased from the normal shs 50,000 to shs 200,000. However, the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and internal affairs has questioned this proposal. The committee chairperson Rosemary Nyakikongoro revealed this addressing the parliament. The Kabale Municipality MP Nicholas ...

Anita Among, the speaker of Parliament has tasked the finance ministry to table a national budget framework paper before the parliament. She said this should be done by 15th December before MPs break off for their Christmas holidays. According to Among, this will enable the MPs to study the budget in time. It will also allow the shadow minister for ...

Former EALA candidate, Gilbert Agaba, has said he expected Parliament to organize better East Africa Legislators Assembly elections. To his disappointment, however, the previously concluded elections have been the most disorganized in history. “I expected a better election (EALA) to be organized by Parliament. We have never experienced an election like this. The numbers in that election don’t tally. The ...