Tag: Uganda Parliament

Oboth Oboth Calls for Practical Solutions to Uganda’s Climate and Water Challenges

Climate Ibrahim Ojuku -
Speaker urges stronger international cooperation to improve climate resilience and water security Uganda needs stronger international cooperation and practical solutions...

Parliament Gives Finance Ministry One Week to Explain Dollar Surge

News Darmasco Kaggwa -
Speaker Oboth Oboth postpones debate on rising fuel prices to allow MPs to examine the exchange rate and global...

Tayebwa Calls for Greater Women’s Influence in Parliament Beyond Representation

Human Interest Sarah Okello -
Uganda’s Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has called for greater participation of women in parliamentary committees and other...

Uganda Parliament, Commonwealth Discuss Stronger Cooperation

Parliament Sarah Kamanyire -
Uganda’s Parliament and the Commonwealth have discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in parliamentary accountability, digitalisation, trade, refugee support, regional...

Tayebwa Calls for Ethical Businesses and Wider Tax Base

Business Moses Kabasibante -
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has urged Uganda’s business community to build enterprises that create jobs, support communities...

Defence Minister: NEC Never Implemented Uganda’s Intelligent Transport Monitoring System

Investigations Sarah Kamanyire -
Minister says National Enterprise Corporation only held discussions with Russian firm Global Security, as Parliament probes the digital number...

Parliament Approves Five-Year Fiscal Charter as Uganda Targets Debt Reduction and $500bn Economy

Economy Moses Kabasibante -
Uganda’s Parliament has approved a five-year fiscal policy framework aimed at reducing public debt, curbing expensive commercial borrowing and...

BoU-SACCO standoff: What happens to SACCOs entering phased licensing after October 1?

Banking & Finance Moses Kabasibante -
The Bank of Uganda’s October 1 deadline for large Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs) is approaching with uncertainty...

Oboth hails China’s role in Uganda’s infrastructure and healthcare development

Business Sarah Kamanyire -
Uganda’s parliament speaker, Jacob Marksons Oboth, praised China on Wednesday for decades of cooperation in infrastructure, agriculture and healthcare,...

Tayebwa Urges EU to Help Uganda Close Refugee Funding Gap

Deplomacy Ibrahim Ojuku -
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has urged the European Union to deepen its partnership with Uganda on refugee...

Oboth Appoints New Leaders to Parliamentary Commission Sub-Committees

News Darmasco Kaggwa -
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Marksons Oboth has appointed new leaders to key sub-committees of the Parliamentary Commission as Uganda’s...

MPs Press Government to End Karamoja’s 40-Year Hunger Cycle

Human Interest Felix Kyeyune -
Parliament’s Presidential Affairs Committee has challenged the government to shift Karamoja’s food response from relief supplies to sustainable agricultural...