Legislators on the Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources have asked the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development for a comprehensive study justifying the government’s move to merge and streamline electricity agencies. This demand was made when the committee was meeting officials from the ministry on Wednesday, 02 February 2022 to consider the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, […]
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Hon Ssebamala(R) presenting his findings from the bid documents Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) has discovered alterations in Seyani Brothers’ bid to upgrade facilities at the Entebbe International Airport, where taxpayers could have lost Shs1 billion. MP Richard Ssebamala (DP, Bukoto Central),scoured through the voluminous bid documents currently under the
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Deputy Speaker Rt.Hon Anita Among who chaired the House gave the committees up to 10th February 2022 to present the pending bills The Deputy Speaker, Anita Among has given chairpersons up to 10 February 2022 to present Bills that were referred to their respective committees. While chairing a plenary sitting on 02 February 2022, Among
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Hon Cecilia Ogwal makes her point on the floor of Parliament Members of Parliament are discontented with the manner in which government is handling payment of Ugandan traders who supplied goods to the government of South Sudan. Legislators are irked that whereas Parliament approved funds for payment of 33 companies in 2019, only 10 have
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New Zealand has announced it will reopen its border to visitors in stages, starting at the end of February, after its earlier plans to do so were derailed by Omicron. It will be the first time the country has opened up since prime minister Jacinda Ardern announced its snap closure in the first month of
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Prosecutors in Serbia say there is no evidence to suggest that Novak Djokovic submitted falsified Covid test certificates to Australian authorities. A BBC report last week cast doubt over the tests, suggesting the serial numbers were out of sequence with others from a similar time. © Getty ImagesThe tests were provided to exempt him from
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The last time the Olympics came to China he oversaw the whole endeavor. Now the Games are back, and this time Xi Jinping is running the entire nation. The Chinese president, hosting a Winter Olympics beleaguered by complaints about human rights abuses, has upended tradition to restore strongman rule in China and tighten Communist Party
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday “strongly condemned” last week’s attempted missile attack by Houthis against the UAE in a telephone call with Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, said his office. © Thomson Reuters Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan June 4,
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Ankara has a lot on the line. The Turkish government maintains relations with both Russia and Ukraine. A Russian invasion of Ukraine would present a tough choice. That is why Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan now wants to mediate, traveling to Kyiv Thursday. When he returns home he will welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin for
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The White House says “more can be done” by Spotify to stop the spread of coronavirus misinformation on its platform. Press secretary Jen Psaki said the streaming giant’s introduction of content advisory warnings was a “positive step” but that all major platforms needed to be “responsible and vigilant”.It comes as Spotify faces fallout from scientists and
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