![A section of the MPs has demanded to know the whereabouts of the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah. In a Plenary sitting chaired by Deputy Speaker Anita Among on Wednesday, July 21 2021, Joseph Ssewungu, the Kalungu West MP raised a procedural matter saying that MPs have a right to know the fate of the Head of the Institution. Ssewungu noted that for close to two months the Speaker has not been seen in public and there are concerns from […]](https://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Ssewungu-Joseph.jpg)
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![Parliament will on Monday 26th July 2021 conduct a by-election to fill the existent vacancy in Uganda’s representation to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). This vacancy arose from the demise, on 27th April 2021, of Hon. Kasamba Mathias-one of Uganda’s representatives to EALA, who had been elected to EALA on 28th February 2021, on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party ticket. The East African Legislative Assembly is the legislative organ of the East African Community and consists of members […]](https://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EALA1.jpg)
![The Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development. Col. Charles Engola has told the COVID-19 Taskforce for Parliament, that Households counting on the government COVID-19 relief fund will have to wait for another week to allow the government to verify the data presented. Appearing before the COVID-19 Taskforce for Parliament on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, emphasized the need to verify the names presented for relief as a measure to promote transparency and accountability. Engola told that the task force that […]](https://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Charles-Okello-State-Minister-for-Gender.jpg)
![The Private Health Service Providers (PHSP) have come under fire, from the Covid-19 taskforce of Parliament over the high cost of COVID19 treatment, holding of bodies of Covid-19 victims and patients over unpaid bills and the general management of the pandemic. The Covid-19 task force on Tuesday 6th July 2021, tasked the PHSP under their umbrella Uganda Healthcare Federation (UHF) to explain the high charges and retention of bodies and patients over unpaid bills. The Parliamentary Task Force on COVID19 chaired by […]](https://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/The-Private-Health-Service-Providers-PHSP-Appearing-before-the-committee-on-Tuesday-6th-July-2021-under-their-umbrella-Uganda-Healthcare-Federation-UHF-1400x912.jpg)
![A section of legislators has called for the compensation of health workers and policemen who succumb to COVID-19 in line of duty. In a joint press conference held at Parliament, the MPs were concerned that while front-line workers were dying in the line of duty, their families are not duly compensated upon their demise. The MPs proposed that one hundred million shillings should be paid as compensation to every family of a health worker and police officers who die while […]](https://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Health-workers1.jpg)
![Opposition legislators have appealed to the government to intervene and regulate the manufacture and supply chain of the Covidex medicine, following its approval by National Drug Authority (NDA). Addressing the press at Parliament on 1st July 2021, Mityana District woman member of Parliament Joyce Bagala , said that to guarantee the quality and safety of the product, there was an urgent need for government intervention. “NDA approved the sale of COVIDEX, a local herb medicine used for supportive treatment/management of viral infections. It is very […]](https://parliamentwatch.ug/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Mityana-District-woman-member-of-Parliament-Joyce-Bagala-.jpg)
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Opposition MPs demand to stay of Covid-19 relief distribution
Opposition legislators have demanded that government halts the planned Covid-19 relief distribution, to allow Parliament debates and weighs in on the said measures. Addressing the press in Parliament on 1st July 2021, legisla... More »
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Parliament sets up a 40 member COVID19 task force
Parliament of Uganda has instituted a 40 member team to carry out a countrywide assessment on how the government is handling and mitigating the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the press at Parliament on 29th June 2021, Deputy S... More »
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Opposition leader in Parliament appoints shadow Cabinet
The Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LoP), Mathias Mpuuga, has appointed the shadow cabinet following his appointment by the National Unity Platform (NUP), the official opposition party in Parliament. The cabinet list rele... More »
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Deputy Speaker swears-in Ex-Officio Members of Parliament
The Deputy Speaker Anitah Among has sworn-in Ex-Officio Members of Parliament, following their appointment to Cabinet by the President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Eighteen Ministers of the twenty-two ex-officio ministers appo... More »
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Parliament closed to MPs for two weeks
Parliament of Uganda has been closed to legislators for two weeks as a mitigating measure to prevent the spread of COVID19 and to allow for disinfection of the Parliamentary building. In a circular written by the Clerk of Par... More »
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The opposition wants the budget recalled to include Covid-19 support
The Opposition in Parliament has called for a revision of the 2021-2022 financial year budget to allocate more funds towards state vaccine procurement, ambulances, testing kits, drugs, oxygen, personal protective equipment an... More »
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