Parliament divided over sexual offences bill
The debate on the sexual offences bill which was passed by Parliament yesterday on Monday continues to rage on within the corridors of the August...
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Gov’t, UNDP launch industrial policy to support job creation
The government of Uganda with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched the national industrial policy with intention of job creation and wealth creation...
Parliament passes Protection and Prohibition of Human Sacrifice bill 2020
Parliament has passed the long awaited protection and Prohibition of Human Sacrifice bill 2020, instituting a death penalty to the perpetrators. The bill once assented...
Maternal deaths increased by 30% in lockdown – Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health has confirmed a 30 per cent increment in the maternal deaths around the country during the state of Lockdown, State Minister...
Kenneth Kaijuka – Cost of construction compounding housing deficit
Housing experts are asking the government to regulate and allocate sizable funding to the housing sector if the housing deficit is to reduce. Uganda currently...
Ministry of Internal affairs overwhelmed with high numbers of passport applications
The Ministry of Internal affairs has decried the high numbers of people seeking to go abroad as their passport systems overflow with applications. The ministry...
Yona Lwanga calls on Gov’t to release political prisoners
The Archbishop of the Orthodox Church Metropolitan Yona Lwanga has called on the Government of Uganda to immediately release all political prisoners, saying their continued...
Families of former presidents to be paid a 1 billion each
The Government of Uganda has advanced Shs. 1 billion to each of the seven families of the former presidents of Uganda in appreciation of the...
we are about to get out of COVID-19 crisis- Museveni
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has proclaimed that the country is about to get out of the Coronavirus crisis that has been a disruption to the...
Jeje Odongo says ‘most missing persons were found with military armour’ as full list is released
The Minister of Internal Affairs Gen. Jeje Odonog has said that most of the people in custody were arrested after being found in possession of...
