With 62 civil servants interviewed from national level and across five districts, the study conducted between December 2018 to March 2019 indicate that majority of public servants (both elected and appointed) have limited knowledge of the law.
Zaake is accused of insulting Nawangwe when he appeared before the Committee on Education and Sports on Wednesday during the inquiry into the Makerere University strike.
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has advocated for tree planting at every public or social gathering as a way of mitigating the adverse effects of climate change.
The Lwemiyaga West MP, Theodore Ssekikubo asked the Speaker to suspend the house, saying there is no need to proceed, since there won’t be response from Government.
According to Okin PP Ojara, although parliament allocates funds according to work plans presented by the respective ministries detailing how it will be spent, Atwine and Ssegawa disbursed money ignoring the purpose for, which it was provided.
Rogers Wandulu, one of the participants from Sironko district, said there is need for government to first improve the health sector before thinking about introducing Health Insurance scheme.
The Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs Adolf Mwesige has said the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) is withdrawing from Makerere University systematically.
According to Nawangwe, the Government gives the university 225 billion shillings, while 91 billion shillings is collected from privately sponsored students, which is inadequate.
Kadaga said Ugandans need to know whether there is really a multiparty system and whether it is being practiced since parties are registered and funded but are not allowed to meet, organize and do anything else.
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has tasked Government to explain continuous power outages in Gulu and Lira districts despite promises to resolve the problem.
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has asked the Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs to present a comprehensive list of all army patients treated at Nakasero hospital.
This afternoon, Fred Tumuheirwe Turyamuhweza, the Rujumbura County MP, said government had gone silent on the bill yet several farmers are suffering exploitation.
The two university officials who had appeared with the State Minister for Higher Education, Chrysostom Muyingo MPs were told to leave the committee room because they were not invited.
In her statement to parliament, Amongi says the president advised that tabling the report be deferred to offer him time to handle the matter to its logical conclusion with the two communities to avoid possible escalation of the issues at hand.
This will be in addition to the initial budget of 130 billion Shillings that was set aside for the operations of the 15 cities that were approved by Cabinet in May 2019, to be operationalized in a phased manner, over the next five years.
Kateregga told MPs that the student's strike at Makerere University that started on October 22 is not yet over and that it will continue until the policy is recalled and reviewed. He explained that private students want the policy implemented for only those who joined in the August 2019 intake because the 15 percent tuition increment was factored in during the processing and appropriation of the 2019/2020 financial year budget of the university.
The former minister for Ethics and Integrity James Nsaba Buturo has criticized United States Ambassador Deborah Malac for allegedly meddling into Uganda’s internal affairs.
