The Cabinet will sit today to discuss whether to permit workers to be exported from Uganda to the Middle East. The government has been forced to have the hard talk due to the persistent cries of a group of employees, most of whom move to the Middle East to work as domestic helpers. The Cabinet…
Mr. Laban Joshua Musinguzi, the Coordinator of the Parliamentary Forum for Labour, Decent Employment and Productivity (PFLDEP) has called upon the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Decent Employment to carry out thorough consultations with all the members in the Labour externalization sector before presenting a comprehensive paper before Cabinet. This followed a July 4, Cabinet…
Police are investigating circumstances under which Batungura Bewotti 27, a student of law at Uganda Christian University Kampala Campus and resident of Kikoni Zone B, Makerere 3 Parish Kawempe Division in Kampala was murdered The incident took place yesterday July 14, 2022 at around 7pm during the last guild Presidential open campaigns at rugby grounds…
#Sml News has received exclusive info of a mini shakeup among Resident District/City Commissioners just months after the were appointed. The office of the presidency minister has been carrying out internal evaluation of the RDCs since they were appointed. Some have been recalled to the secretariat while others have been redeployed. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni…
Two years after Parliament approved a 10m Euros (about Shs37.4b) loan for the Ministry of Health to construct new health facilities and rehabilitate old ones in Karamoja sub-region, nothing has been put on ground. This situation has upset Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa who at the start of the Thursday afternoon plenary sitting, informed Parliament that…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Kampala has dismissed with costs an election appeal that sought to dislodge Hajji Idd Isabirye from Parliament where he represents Bunya South. The Court upheld the victory of NRM’s Hajji Isabirye Idd as the validly elected Member of Parliament for Bunya South in Mayuge district. Three justices of the…
The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has sent out his congratulatory message to Muslims across the country. This came upon reaching of this year’s Eid Al Adha that will be marked tomorrow. “We join you to celebrate the grace of Allah demonstrated in the known act of sacrificing animals and we praise Allah…
Buganda Kingdom administration at Mengo has written to all Ssaza chiefs in the kingdom asking them to mobilize coffee farmers to deliver their coffee to a new company. The move intends to protect small holder coffee farmers from exploitative prices by middlemen. This could be a plan to reclaim the kingdom’s market share in the…
The House has adopted a motion urging government to prioritise investment in health centre IVs across the country in a bid to improve access to services in areas where referral hospitals are hard to reach. According to the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, most constituencies and districts do not have hospitals and as such, health…
A well written piece attributed to former Leader of Opposition in Parliament Professor Maurice Ogenga – Latigo is circulating widely across platforms and attracting serious debate against the NRM’s much hyped Parish Development Model. Latigo who is a senior legislator and decorated scientist says the Parish Development Model is the last nail in the operationalization…
