![Parliament has adopted a report by the Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE), recommending that 42 government officials who received Ugx 6 billion bonus payment refund the money. The COSASE report was tabled and debated during the plenary sitting of June 22, 2017, implicating the officials of soliciting for the payment of the monies, paid to them for winning a tax oil case between government and Heritage Oil and Gas in London. The committee was tasked to investigate claims […]](http://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Kagina-701x397.png)
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![A section of Members of Parliament have tasked government to explain its delay to appoint a Constitutional Review Commission to oversee an overhaul of amendment of the Constitution. Buliisa County MP, Stephen Mukitale Birahwa, while raising a matter of national importance during today’s plenary sitting, told the House that for close to two years, government has failed to appoint members of the Commission to spearhead an overhaul of the Constitution. In 2015, Parliament passed the Constitutional Amendment Bill; however several […]](http://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Hon._Ruth_Nankabirwa_.jpg)
![The Minister of Internal Affairs Gen Jeje Odongo, has been grilled by members of Parliament for allegedly watching helplessly as the country ran out of ordinary passports. The minister was today appearing before parliament to explain the situation and measures being undertaken to solve the impasse, which he blamed on a rapid rise in demand by people, especially the youths seeking employment outside the country. “The ministry is experiencing an unprecedented increase in demand for the Ordinary passports especially from […]](http://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Odong.jpg)
![The chairperson of the Parliamentary Local Government Accounts Committee Hon. Reagan Okumu has expressed worrying concerns over the influx of refugees on social service delivery in host districts. The Local Government committee is in Arua district where it is interacting with accounting officers of districts and municipalities in the West Nile region over queries raised in the auditor general’s report for the FY 2015/16. The analysis of the Auditor General’s report on education service delivery for example in Adjumani District […]](http://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/PIC-1400x912.jpg)
![A House committee that inquired into the payment of Ugx 6 billion to 42 government officials for winning a tax oil case in London wants the beneficiaries to refund the monies. Parliament’s Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) committee was instructed by Parliament in January this year to investigate the payment of the monies to the officials, said to have participated in the arbitration case between government and Heritage Oil and Gas in a London court. The committee was […]](http://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Abdu-Katuntu.jpg)
![Members of Parliament have asked the Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga to order for an investigation into the conduct of two junior ministers entangled in a public spat. The fights between State Minister of Lands, Persis Namuganza and State Minister of ICT and National Guidance, Aidah Nantaba were a center of debate during the plenary sitting on June 20, 2017, after Kasilo County MP, Elijah Okupa, raised the matter. Rising on a matter of national importance, Okupa told legislators that Namuganza was […]](http://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/nantaba.jpg)
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Cabinet disowns directive on UTL simcards
The Government Chief Whip Ruth Nakabirwa has distanced herself from knowledge of any directive, compelling all citizens to acquire sim-cards of Uganda Telecom, the national telecommunications company. Nankabirwa said that the... More »
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Day of African Child! Little or nothing to celebrate
On 16th June 2017, Uganda will join the rest of Africa to celebrate the day of the African child. The day is celebrated every year since 1991, when it was first initiated by the Organization of African Unity, now African Unio... More »
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Recap of State of the Nation Address: key issues for strategic development outlined
President Yoweri Museveni has today during the State of the Nation Address outlined five key issues as major drivers towards economic stability for the country. The five issues include, “peace, development of the infrastr... More »
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Speaker “Reports” Ministers to President over perennial absenteeism
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has outlined the perennial absence of cabinet ministers among issues that greatly affected business during the first session of the 10th Parliament. In her communication to the House ... More »
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Government cautioned on debt burden as Parliament adopts a Ugx 29 trillion Budget
The Parliamentary Budget Committee has cautioned government against high levels of the Public debt, saying that the “current public debt situation for the country is unsustainable.” In a 91 Page Report on the Ministerial ... More »
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Government in search for USD 8 billion for refugees
The Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda told Parliament today that government is in a search for over USD 8 billion (UShs 28.8 tn)to support refugees and their host communities across the country. The premier was briefing... More »
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