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There was drama at Parliament in Kampala as journalists were thrown out of a meeting between Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa and a Chinese envoy.
As she returned to the House after a few weeks during which she gave birth, Ugandan Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among Magogo spoke about a range of issues, including maternity leave and giving birth in a private hospital.
Uganda’s Parliament has shot down a bill sponsored by President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government containing proposals to disband a number of agencies, boards and departments.
It was only a matter of time before President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s government to start on the process of rationalization, merging and scrapping of agencies and departments to cut unnecessary spending, free money and invest in development projects and programs.
Uganda Women Parliamentarians Association (Uwopa) and Tororo District Woman MP Sarah Opendi has assured Ugandans that what they do in their bedrooms will be not be the subject of the Marriage Bill.
Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga, has asked journalists to “shut up” and desist from blackmailing the opposition to call off their boycott and resume attendance of plenary sittings in Parliament.
Kawempe North MP Muhammad Ssegirinya has spoken out on his health condition after he was rushed to Nsambya Hospital in Kampala for medical attention.
Nearly two years since he died, former Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah still had debts with the Uganda Parliamentary Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization (SACCO), it has emerged.
Two Ugandan musicians are on the spot for reportedly grabbing a studio that government had established to enable artistes record their songs cheaply.