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Main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has shaken up its leadership in Parliament, changing the top leadership, shadow cabinet and shuffling chairpersons of committees.
National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has fired Nyendo-Mukungwe MP Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba as leader of opposition in Parliament (LoP). Bobi Wine replaced seasoned Mpuuga with first time legislator Joel Ssenyonyi.
Five former speakers of parliament Prof Edward Rugumayo of the third parliament, Amb Francis Butagira of the fourth parliament, Alhaji Moses Kigongo of the fifth parliament, former vice president Edward Ssekandi of the seventh and eighth parliaments, and Rebecca Kadaga of the ninth and 10th parliaments have received posh SUVs, each estimated at nearly Shs650m. The cars is for the comfort of these former speakers – and perhaps to shield them from potholed roads government is struggling to fix.
Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among criticized Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine and other National Unity Platform (NUP) leaders over allegations that each MP received a Shs100m bribe to pass a Shs3.5tn supplementary budget. Speaker Among told Bobi Wine and his group to stop covering up the money she claimed they receive from homosexuals.
Uganda’s Parliament has blasted National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine after he alleged that Shs100m has been set aside for each MP who voted in favor of a Shs3.5tn supplementary budget.
As a way of compelling President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government to repeal the Anti-Homosexuality Act, the Joe Biden’s US administration has reduced the support it has been offering to Uganda.
Heavy rainfall has caused flash floods across Uganda, damaging or even washing away roads and bridges. As the impoverished East African country stares at the adverse effects of climate change, government is seeking a World Bank loan to promote climate smart agriculture.
Land titles for Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and properties for the country’s missions abroad are missing, Parliament has learnt.
Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LoP) Mathias Mpuuga has scored a significant goal against Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among and government side in his push for a comprehensive report on missing persons in the ongoing boycott.