The government approved the construction of the hospital, to be operated as a world-class internationally accredited facility to treat conditions for which Ugandans have been travelling abroad. The conditions include cancer treatment, heart diseases, organ transplant, fertility treatment, highly specialized surgeries, and bone marrow transplant, among others
The contestants mainly flag bearers of the ruling National Resistance Movement NRM party said that their people have been deprived of services because they do not have elected leaders, eight months since the new districts became operational.
Last year, Parliaments endorsed governments request to clear 151 billion Shillings debt owed to Ugandan traders and companies by the South Sudan government.
Butemba County MP Pentagon Innocent Kamusiime says that ideally, the border cannot be closed without prior notice to the neighboring country. He advises that the government fast-tracks negotiations to resolve any outstanding conflict, for the sake of Ugandan traders.
Fungaroo questions why Obongi district does not have a financial allocation for support to refugees in the next financial year budget. The ministry of Finance has budgeted 3.5 billion Shillings to Moyo district and 4.4 billion Shillings to Adjumani district.
The statement came after the blockage of cargo trucks that were heading to Rwanda from Uganda at Gatuna border on Thursday. The government of Rwanda said, in a statement issued by the Rwanda Revenue Authority that the move was to allow the upgrading of the One Stop Border Post at Gatuna.
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem has said Ambassodor Matayo Kyaligonza could be recalled as Ugandas Ambassador to Burundi to serve at Ministry headquarters.
Members of Parliament from Acholi have said there is a proposal by Government to compensate residents of the contested Amuru-Adjumani boundary with with 10 M shillings and iron sheets.
In their petition to the Education Committee of Parliament, the students argue that the presence of the military in the university has disrupted student affairs.
The Joint Staff Associations of Makerere University have blamed Makerere University disputes over the fusion between University council and management.
The current commissioners were designated by the Government and Opposition sides and only presented to the rest of the members. Three of them were designated from the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM Party and one was from the opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC.
Musa Kawunga, the chairperson of the association says that although both taxify and Uber started with a base fare of up to 8,000 Shillings about two years ago, the figure has been lowered to 4,000 Shillings, yet the companies take up to 25 percent of the pay as their share.
According to Kadaga, some chairpersons have stubbornly refused to hand over their work and are occupying two offices leaving their successors stranded.
Charles Victor Byarugaba, the Budget Advisor Ministry of Finance, said if government had resources, only Shillings 900 billion would be required for the facility
The Defense and Veterans Affairs State Minister, Sam Engola also said they have enough money for the promoted officers and will not require additional funding.
Nambooze, who is also the Shadow Minister of information in the opposition, says that the intention of the regime is to make Ugandans remain focused towards the next election, and yet most of the issues in the past general elections that remain unresolved.
Now MPs sitting in the national economy committee want the government to explain how the developer was selected, why Government does not take lead in the construction and how the facility will be managed by the investor and then handed over after six years.
Ssewanyana who was armed with a chain ready to close the facility was however stopped by the police who arrested him and drove him to Naggalama Police Station.
ULS President Simon Peter Kinobe says that the bill promotes negligence and arbitrary conduct by road users and undermines the protection provided for in the constitution that all power belongs to the people.
