The government will continue to roll out of the new curriculum for lower secondary school despite a resolution of Parliament halting the process. Members of Parliament on 04 February 2020 passed a motion halting the exercise citing non-preparedness stemming from training of teachers, no sensitisation and consultations. The Minister of
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Rakai Woman MP, Juliet Kinyamatama’s desire to introduce a private member’s bill, the Public Holidays Amendment Bill aimed at amending article 94(4) of the constitution of Uganda has been rejected by fellow MPs after they denied her leave to draft it. The Bill’s main objective was to push all public
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Legislators on the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises(Cosase) have tasked officials of Umeme Uganda Limited, over circumstances under which the power distributor received Shs100 billion from the Ministry of Finance. In a meeting between the Committee and electricity power entities on Thursday, 20 February 2020, Jinja Municipality
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Uganda’s Central Bank, the Bank of Uganda (BoU) headed by Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile (pictured) as Governor has reported up to Shs2 trillion in losses for the past 15 years, Finance State Minister (Planning), David Bahati has said. In a response to a Question for Oral Answer posed by MP Kenneth
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Many small -scale farmers especially women have for so long not felt the impact of the East African Community (EAC) integration that brings together six countries on their livelihood. The problem has been blamed on the poor information flow related to availability markets for agricultural produce and the economic opportunities
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The stock of total public debt has grown from US$ 10.74 billion at end June 2018 to US$ 12.55 billion (Shs46.36 Trillion) by end June 2019, Debt Sustainability analysis report 2018/19 by ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has revealed. Of this, external debt was recorded at US$ 8.35
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The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs’ proposal to exempt judicial officers from the Pension Act that would see them earn salaries up to death has been rejected by MPs, saying it would open floodgates for other public servants to ask for the same benefit. It should be recalled that
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Simon D'Újanga (C) appears before the Committee chaired by Keefa Kiwanuka(L) Members of Parliament on the Committee on Natural Resources have expressed concern over a feasibility study on the Uhuru Falls in Masindi district, to establish its suitability for the construction of a hydroelectric dam. While meeting MPs on the
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The Speaker(R) meeting members of the Turkish Beyel Investment Group Turkish investors have sought support from the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga to enable them invest in digitalization of the healthcare system. The investors under their umbrella body, Beyel Group of Investment made this commitment while meeting the Speaker Wednesday,
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MPs on the parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have resolved to visit the industrial parks across the country and verify whether companies and individuals given land by government are utilizing it as per their request, saying that some of them are instead speculators. This is
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