The Minister in Charge Presidency, Esther Mbayo has applauded the investments that Proctor and Gamble (P.G), an international company have extended to Uganda. Proctror and Gamble, the manufacturers of a range of products including Ariel, Always, Gilette, Pampers, Vicks among others re-affirmed their commitment to expand more investments. During a
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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
Read MoreRakai 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
Read MoreLegislators 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
Read MoreUganda’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
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreSimon 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
Read MoreThe 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,
Read MoreMPs 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
Read MoreSecretary of State Michael Pompeo has asked African governments to adopt the Trump administration’s limited-government approach for economic success, taking a veiled swipe at the Chinese model of debt-heavy infrastructure projects that have permeated the continent. Pompeo lambasted centralized planning and heavy government spending, decrying the “failed socialist experiments of
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