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Legislators protest power export loan for South Sudan

Parliament has approved a new loan worth US$ 121,961,000 from the African Development Fund to finance Uganda’s electricity export project to South Sudan, despite sharp divisions among Members.While some legislators welcomed the project as a strategic regional investment that could generate foreign…

Parliament directs compensation of family after baboon attack on child

Parliament has directed that a family whose four-month-old child snatched by baboons and later found dead in a forest is compensated. The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, gave the directive to the Minister of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities during plenary on Thursday, 30 October 2025.He observed…

Tayebwa Urges Finnish Firms to Invest in Coffee Value Addition in Uganda

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has urged Finnish companies to channel investments into coffee value addition, saying this is the surest way to help Uganda and other African producers tap into the lucrative global coffee market.Meeting with Members of the Commerce Committee of the…

Parliament gives green light on external funding for crucial projects

Government will proceed to access loan funding for critical national projects, after getting a nod from Parliament on the financing for several infrastructure and agricultural plans.During the sitting on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, chaired by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, legislators approved…

MPs Query Equity in Student Loan Distribution as only 2,047 Benefit

Parliament has urged the Ministry of Education and Sports to review the Higher Education Students’ Financing Scheme (HESFS) to address persistent concerns of regional imbalance, digital exclusion, and limited access for vulnerable learners.Presenting a statement to Parliament on Wednesday, 29…

Parliament defers approval of US$1.34 billion World Bank loan request

Parliament has deferred consideration and approval of a government request to borrow up to US$1.341 billion from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank. The loan is intended to finance several key projects, including the Uganda Cities and Municipal Councils Infrastructure…

Parliament Approves Loans for Regional Cancer Centres

Parliament has approved government’s proposal to borrow funds to strengthen cancer care in Uganda through the establishment of regional oncology centres in Mbale and Arua.The resolution authorises government to borrow up to €9.4 million from UniCredit Bank Austria for the construction and equipping…

Busega-Mpigi Expressway project loan approved

The Busega-Mpigi Expressway project works are expected to resume, following approval of a loan of Euros188.18 million (Shs781.04 billion) from the African Development Bank and Euros28.31 million (Shs117.46 billion) from the African Development Fund.  The loan, approved by Parliament during plenary…

MPs demand stronger road safety policies

Members of Parliament have urged government to review and strengthen road safety policies to curb the rising number of fatal road accidents across the country saying many of them are preventable.This call follows the tragic road crash along the Kampala–Gulu Highway on 22 October 2025 which claimed…

Deputy Speaker calls for graduate-creativity in job market

Graduates have been urged to take advantage of available government programmes and funds to develop income-generating projects that will enable them become job creators rather than job seekers.Speaking at the 27th graduation ceremony of Nkumba University on Saturday, 25 October 2025, the Deputy…

Representation of special interest groups approved ahead of 2026 elections

Parliament has endorsed the composition of special interest groups in ahead of the 2026 electoral cycle.The approval follows a review of the representation of the special interest groups, in accordance with the Constitution and the Parliamentary Elections Act.In the plenary sitting held on Monday,…

Parliament honours former Kenyan PM, Raila Odinga

Lawmakers have hailed the late former Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Amollo Odinga for his Pan Africanism spirit saying that he was a leader revered across Africa and the whole world.Odinga died in India on Wednesday, 15 October 2025 after he reportedly suffering a cardiac arrest. He was laid to rest…

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