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The Committee on Health is concerned that the Ministry of Health is interfering with the recruitment process carried out by the  Health Service Commission, a body charged with recruitment in the sector. Legislators on the committee said…

How many coffee commentators have read the Coffee Bill? Listening to the myriad of commentaries in the media, it is clear, a bulk of these coffee “expert commentators” have not read the Bill or if they did, they picked nothing out of the…

It is a common riposte that every war has its generals. The valor of steel exhibited on the battlefield instinctively confers honors to the victors. Gen Elly Tumwine being the victor, he cannot be reproved for blowing own horn. The recent…

Security minister Hon Gen Elly Tumwine is astounded by Dokolo Woman MP Cecilia Ogwal's claim that the UPDF General put her on gunpoint. The General who was interacting with journalists in Mbarara on Thursday morning rubbished the claims…

Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has castigated MPs who she said to clock in to attend plenary or enlist to go for fieldwork, but end up not attending to such schedules. In an occasion to launch a Parliamentary Forum on Ethics and Integrity,…

Members of Parliament have raised concern over the incessant scandals plaguing the country’s Central Bank following the recent mishap in which a consignment of printed currency flown into the country included extra cargo, not on the bank’s…

President Yoweri Museveni has, in his State of the Nation Address to Parliament at the Kampala Serena Conference Centre on Thursday 6 June 2019, pronounced seven major drivers of economic progress, saying the economy is on course to…

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has challenged female lawmakers to ensure pending bills are handled expeditiously before the general elections in 2021. Kadaga said that as the elections draw closer, attendance of MPs will…

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga is concerned about the delayed implementation of recommendations of  Parliament after an investigation into corruption cases. Kadaga said this at a dinner in honor of delegates attending the…

Uganda will mark the International Labour Day with a call on the government, investors and stakeholders to redesign and review their policies, laws, and strategies with a view of increasing job opportunities. In a statement delivered to…