“This shortfall arose from increasing invitations locally and internationally requiring official engagements and participation of these offices. The budget shortfall for these offices amounts to Shs37.685 billion. The Committee recommends that additional Shs37.685Bn be provided…

Parliament has asked for extra, over Shs125Bn for the payment of salaries, travel costs & per diem for; Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of Opposition & MPs in order to enable them attend all the local & international events they are invited to. More funds are required for…

“One of the issues raised in the CAF report was us putting signage on what the parking will be within the stadium, we must demarcate a parking space for our fans. I have directed the contractor to help me officially remove the buses out of the stadium because to me, I need the…

The renovation works at Mandela National Stadium has taken a new twist after Parliament was informed CAF refused to approval works due to the failure by Gov’t to remove Pioneer Buses from Namboole’s parking lot, despite the expiry of their 5years lease, thus stalling UPDF’s…

Parliament has called for the provision of Shs5Bn to Butabika Hospital for the construction of a perimeter wall, in order to protect patients from wandering off from the facility while receiving treatment for the various mental challenges.

MPs also want additional Shs4.4Bn to be…

Parliament has learnt that by December 2023, 10 million COVID-19 vaccines had expired in the stores of NMS, and called for the provision of funds to the entity to destroy these expired vaccines.

“COVID- 19 vaccines are on low demand and this leads to expiry of the stock in the…

“There is persistent underfunding to National Medical Stores. The current funding gap stands at Shs232.54Bn which is worsened by the withdrawal of external support. This gap will affect availability of medicines and supplies required for critical care and attainment of health…

MPs have called for provision of additional 262.79Bn to the National Medical Stores (NMS Uganda ) to enable the entity boost supplies of Essential Medicines & Health Supplies in a phased manner beginning with Shs87Bn in the FY 2024/25 in order to cover the gap being left by…

The Health Committee also asked Gov’t to ensure that the Shs35.9Bn for payment of allowances of current deployed medical interns is availed in order to avoid the predictable strikes among medical students.

Charles Dr. Ayume Charles , Chairperson Parliament’s Health Committee has called on Gov’t to provide Shs5Bn to functionalize the Organ Transplant Council because Lubaga Hospital Hospital is ready to start liver transplant while Mulago National Referral Hospital is ready to start the kidney…

A defiant Jonathan Odur warned Minister Peter Ogwang that if he is to table evidence of his promise on having works for Aki-Bua stadium start within a week as he had promised, one of them would have to resign stating, “Usually when I speak I am very serious and I can challenge…

Minister Peter Ogwang put Jonathan Odur to order responding, “It is very unfortunate that he has come to submit on falsehood about my visit in Lira, that I made a statement in Lira that Aki-Bua statement would be constructed within one week, is he in order to allege falsehoods…

“I usually want to take Ministers very seriously, byt Minister Peter Ogwang is one that I find extreme difficulty in accepting his statement and this is the true reflection of the state of affairs in the sports sub-sector. He promised three times in 2023 that Namboole would be…

However, Jonathan Jonathan Odur (Erute South) questioned the truth behind statement made by Minister Ogwang on the status of works at Namboole, especially when the Minster announced 25th May 2024 as the new date when works at Namboole will be completed, saying the Minister has…

“My senior Minister has written three letters right from December 2023 that is what we have as far as Namboole is concerned. Once the Minister of Education receives the requisite funding, our priority shall be to work on areas that were highlighted as a necessity during the…

The Speaker’s directive followed a revelation by Peter Peter Ogwang , Minister of State for Sports who said that the works at Namboole stadium were contracted to UPDF’s Engineering brigade at Shs97.9Bn, but so far, Shs80.136Bn has been released, leaving an outstanding balance of…

“We are giving you one hour to first go and trigger then you come back for your ministerial statement so that by the time we leave here, we know we have evidence of the trigger. What we want is the money and evidence of the trigger. The First Lady writes to you one letter, second…

Speaker Anita Annet Among has asked Amos Lugoloobi, Minister of State for Planning to trigger the release of the remaining Shs17.763Bn balance for the renovations works of Mandela National Stadium, after it was revealed that the Ministry of Finance ignored all the three letters…

Speaker Anita Annet Among has urged all the responsible authorities to take precautionary measures to deploy early warning and response systems due to the rising water levels at Lake Victoria in order to avoid aby disaster from happening around communities residing along water…

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Parliament’s plenary sitting has started with Speaker Anita Annet Among chairing the session. Top of the agenda is receiving statement from Minister of State for Sports, Peter Peter Ogwang on the failure by UPDF’s Engineering Brigade to deliver the quality of works at…