The object of the Bill is to establish the Institute of Parliamentary Studies as a one-stop specialized resource centre for the training and capacity development of Members and Staff of Parliament of Uganda, Local Councils and other Legislatures within the region.
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS proposes that Uganda Revenue Authority-URA should tax only imports that have been certified by the standards body.
The residents encroached on the forest reserve in Kalangala town with expectations that the government would degazzete it for human settlement. The reserve covering 174 hectares of land, is now home to more than 400 residents.
Dr Frank Asiimwe, the chairman of the Uganda Medical Association in charge of welfare said that some medical training institutions just pass out students to beat off competition, yet when they graduate they end up failing to practice or offering substandard service.
The Ministry says it is delaying the distribution, a week after Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga handed over 36 of the tractors to farmer groups in Busoga sub region.
Kadaga expressed dismay at the difficulty of travelling within Africa saying the infrastructure is either non-existent or poor. She added that there are no roads and railways linking the different countries coupled with the stringent immigration laws that limit the travel of persons on the continent.
Kirunda was on Sunday morning confirmed as the new oracle of Bujjagali falls, replacing the deceased Budhagali Nabamba who served the said spirits for the past 60 years. He had allegedly spent 10 days on Budhagali island, prior to his confirmation as the choice of the spirits.
World AIDS day national celebrations will be marked in Kayunga under the theme, Engaging the youth and young people to champion the end of HIV. Mbayo said that the choice of the place was based on the fact that Kayunga has a high HIV Prevalence of 7.8 per cent and there is a big presence of key populations like the fisherfolk and migrants.
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has this afternoon given the Education Committee up to 10th December to present a report on their inquiry into the recent unrest and brutal attack on Makerere University Students by security personnel.
The deportees were arrested in a joint security operation involving the army and Police in the areas of Russia, MuLine and Karumena in Kisoro district in the wee hours of Monday morning. The operation netted more than 200 people, some of who did not have any identification document.
The bed valued at 18 million Shillings was recovered on Wednesday abandoned in a rented room in Buwunga Sub County, Jinja district. It was stolen last week by unknown people.
During his meeting with Kadaga, they agreed to further cooperation in the oil and energy sector, which both countries are currently pursuing. They also pledged to cooperate on the exploitation and development of solar energy.
The two were acquitted after the cross examination of Ssebuyungo who changed his plea of not guilty to guilty and testified against his accomplices. Ssebuyungo only implicated Muhammad Wamala for spearing all the murders and a police officer Harriet Nabitaka revealing that only knew about the acquitted in the cell but did not directly work with them.
The newly rehabilitated roads that totals to 6.064 Kilometers cost UGX 65 billion, a grant from Japan government through Japan International Cooperation Agency –JICA.
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Minister of Finance to obtain an assurance from the Kenyan government on the status of Uganda’s assets.
Ahmed Musakana, the Luweero District Police Commander, says the deceased’s remains were transported to Luweero Hospital where a postmortem was done before it was handed over to the family for burial. Without divulging details, Musakana, said they are trailing some suspects.
Jenifer Wangusi, a resident of Bulucheke Sub County wonders how government does its work. She says most of the programs that are meant to help the public are not taken serious.
George William Okwaput, a close relative to the deceased says the couple has been embroiled in some misunderstanding for some time when Alayo expressed her intension to quit the relation after staying for a decade without formalizing the marriage.
