Views: 0 Legislators have appealed to the Ministry of Education and Sports to expedite the formulation of regulations that will operationalize the National Sports Act, 2022 to help facilitate proper management of the country’s sports federations. The MPs, who were responding to a statement by the State Minister for Sports, Hon. Peter Ogwang, on the […]
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Views: 0 To qualify for the National Social Security (NSSF) mid-term access, a member should have made contributions for 120 consecutive months, Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Betty Amongi has clarified. Amongi was responding to a Report of the Committee on Gender on the petition on mid-term access presented by the Chairperson,
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Views: 0 Speaker, Anita Among, interacts with diplomats after their meeting at Parliament on Friday 1 December 2023.Photo by Parliament Of Uganda. Uganda is fully prepared, secure and ready to host the 27th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC), the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has told Heads of Mission and
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Views: 0 In a vital move to maintain urban development standards, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) enforcement officers have demolished an illegal structure along Saddler Way, opposite Kampala Parents School in Nakawa Division. Despite multiple warnings, the developer proceeded to encroach on a road reserve, violating development control procedures outlined in the Physical Planning Act,
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Views: 0 By Rainer Jeske, Consultant at Datacentrix JOHANNESBURG – November 30, 2023 – A number of key South African organisations are potentially incurring significant losses due to ‘ghosts’ – that is, ghost employees, who exist on paper within business or government departments, but not in real life. This issue is criminal rather than paranormal in
Views: 0 Story and Photos by Eric Dominic Bukenya/Office of the Speaker Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has appealed to the government to consider reducing taxes on Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) as a safer alternative to traditional fossil fuels such as charcoal that she says have proven disastrous to the environment. Recent reports reveal a
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Views: 0 Members of Parliament have asked for a revision of the import tax on cooking gas if government is to succeed in combating deforestation and charcoal burning. Legislators said that currently, the cost of gas used in cooking is expensive and will continuously encourage forest degradation. “Whereas there was a pronouncement by the government
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Views: 0 Officials from Uganda Revenue Authourity appearing before the House Committee on Agriculture on Thursday 30 November 2023 Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has reported a significant increase in tax revenue from fish maw exports since the introduction of an eight percent export levy under the Fish (Amendment) Act 2021. Officials from the Uganda Revenue
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Views: 0 The Minister of State for Trade (Cooperatives), Hon. Frederick Ngobi Gume (left) and the Deputy Attorney General, Hon. Jackson Kafuuzi, before the Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industry on Thursday 30 November 2023 Licenses that were granted to millers after the enforcement of the Sugar Act, 2020 are void, the Deputy Attorney General,
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Views: 0 Hon. Robina Rwakoojo, the Chairperson of the Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, presenting the Committee Report on the Judicature (Amendment) Bill, 2023 to Parliament on Wednesday 29 November 2023 Parliament has passed the Judicature (Amendment) Bill, 2023 rejecting government’s proposal to increase the number of Supreme Court justices from 11 to 21.
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