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Mulago seeks Shs10 billion for ICUs

Mulago National Referral Hospital is in need of over Shs10 billion to fully functionalise its intensive care units (ICU).This request was tabled by the hospital’s Ag. Executive Director, Dr. Rosemary Byanyima while appearing before the Committee on Health on Thursday, 21 March 2024.According to Dr…

Parliament amends National Sports Bill, introduces archery

Parliament has reconsidered the National Sports Bill, incorporating several amendments including the introduction of archery and deletion of kickboxing.The National Sports Bill, initially tabled for First Reading on November 10, 2022, was passed by the House on 02 March 2023. However, the Bill was…

Justice Arach-Amoko was Judiciary icon - MPs

Amid a light drizzle at 1:10pm on Wednesday, 21 June 2023, Speaker Anita Among received the remains of former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Stella Arach-Amoko at Parliament.Among, together with the Government Chief Whip, Hon. Hamson Obua and several legislators condoled with the family at the…

Museveni is a man of his word, better keep yours, Tayebwa tells Mao

The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has tipped Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Hon. Nobert Mao on working with President Yoweri Museveni.Speaking at Mao's homecoming and thanksgiving ceremony at Kaunda Grounds in Gulu City in Northern Uganda, Tayebwa described the President as a man of…

Speaker tasks new judges to tackle case backlog

The Appointments Committee of Parliament has implored the newly appointed judges of the High Court to decisively tackle the long-standing problem of case backlog.The Speaker Anita Among, said the high case backlog is frustrating dispensation of justice in the country.‘’I congratulate you upon being…

Finance Committee to scrutinize utilisation of budgets

The Committee of Finance is to study and reconcile financial statements of the Consolidated Fund account for the year ending 30 June 2023 and report to Parliament.While chairing the House on Thursday, 20 July 2023, the Speaker Anita Among said failure by some Ministries, Departments and Agencies (…

Minister Mwebesa to suspend UNBS boss

The Minister of Trade, Industries and Cooperatives, Hon. Francis Mwebesa has said that he will cause the suspension of David Livingstone Ebiru, the Executive Director of Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) over allegations of misappropriation of funds and misconduct.This revelation came…

UNRA, Road Fund choke on budget cuts

Officials from the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) and the Uganda Road Fund (URF) have lamented to Parliament’s Committee on Physical Infrastructure over budget cuts which they say is freezing operations.Appearing before the Hon. Dan. Atwijukire led committee, UNRA’s Executive Director,…

‘Reconsider decision to remove public servants from payroll’

The Ministry of Public Service has been asked to engage the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) to reconsider a directive of deleting public servants who missed  the recent verification exercise, from the payroll.The appeal was made by Members of Parliament (MPs) on the…

Parliament suspends sittings over LC elections impasse

Speaker Anita Among has adjourned Parliament sittings to an unknown date over the impasse of Local Council (LC) elections.“I am not going to continue on something that is an illegality. Government must advise the country on the way forward. We need a position of government, not to continue…

Mulago Women’s Hospital operating under 50 per cent staffing

The Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital is operating at less than 50 per cent of its established staff structure, members of the Committee on Health have learnt.The committee, that was on an oversight visit to the hospital on Wednesday, 19 July 2023, pledged to engage the finance…

Intra-African trade will liberate continent from foreign aid - Tayebwa

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has challenged African leaders to prioritise unrestricted trade with one another to save the continent from the burden of foreign aid.Tayebwa made the observations on Wednesday, 19 July 2023 while speaking during discussions on the sub topic on…

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