Author: Johnson Thembo
Members of Parliament have criticised the Ministry of Water and Environment for returning sh751 million to the Consolidated Fund after failing to recruit new staff. The Public Accounts Committee members were left wondering how the ministry could fail to recruit when many Ugandans are jobless. “How can you be given money to pay salaries, recruit new staff and you return it to Ministry of Finance when our people are on the streets due to unemployment. Are you serious?” MP Tonny Ayo asked. The ministry officials led by the Permanent Secretary, Alfred Okot Okidi, had appeared before the Public Accounts Committee…
The president of the Republic of Uganda His Excellence Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has arrived in Cape Town, South Africa. The Fountain of Hounour is will be joining other leaders for the 28th World Economic Forum on Africa. The Forum’s theme (Shaping Inclusive Growth and Shared Futures in the Fourth Industrial Revolution), is timely. The World Economic Forum’s mission is to improve the state of the world, which has driven the design and development of the Annual Meeting objectives. The 2019 event will focus on the theme, ‘Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’.
Teachers across the country are lined up for a salary increment starting October 2019 after the Ministry of Public Service secured Shs 150 billion to honour an earlier government undertaking. Public Service minister, hon. Wilson Muruli Mukasa, said that his ministry was scheduled to meet with the members of the Uganda National Teachers Association (UNATU) and other unions over the development on Friday, 6 September 2019. “The meeting with the teachers and UNATU is to deliberate on ways to effect the salary enhancement which the unions have been demanding. UNATU has threatened industrial action claiming that government had failed to…
Mr. Bemanya Twebaze has been elected President of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Advisory Committee on Enforcement at its 14thsession WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement in Geneva, Switzerlandon September 2 2019. The Registrar General will beassisted by Ms.Elizabeth Jones of the UK IPO Copyright and Enforcement Directorate and Mr.RayMeloni, Director of Distinctive Signs of the National Institute for the Defense of Copyright and Intellectual Property of Peru. Mr. Twebaze formerly served as thePresident of Paris Union Assembly of WIPO. This election is a major milestone for Uganda and has come at a time when Uganda has enhanced protection and enforcement…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Yesterday flew back to the country from Yokohama, Japan where he took part in the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). Museveni hailed the Japanese government for the invitation and look forward to stronger working relationship between our countries.
The Deputy Attorney General, Hon Mwesigwa Rukutana, has advised couples previously married in ungazetted churches to renew their vows. Mwesigwa Rukutana said that the registrar of marriages is the only office mandated to legalise marriages in the country. “Prayer houses are licensed to conduct and register marriages on behalf of the registrar. The affected couples should repeat their vows before the registrar of marriages,” he said adding that, “those intending to get married should be prudent enough to find out if the prayer houses where the ceremony is to take place is licensed or not”. Rukutana was responding to a…
The workshop on Integration of Women and Gender in Armed Forces has officially been closed today at Protea Hotel in Entebbe by the Chief of Defence Forces Gen David Muhoozi. The workshop aimed at coming up with workable solutions to boost women integration in the armed forces, International commitments to women, peace and security and the importance of leadership in fostering an inclusive and operationally-effective military.The CDF while addressing the participants applauded the Canadian Government for choosing Uganda as a venue for such a valuable workshop. He emphasized that such conferences go a long way in fighting the wrong perceptions…
The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development requires shs29.6 billion to cater for the elderly under the Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) in the financial year 2019/2020. The Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon Janat Mukwaya, said that covering all persons of 80 years and above in all the 135 districts in the country requires shs142.5 billion each year. “Development partners have committed shs50 billion leaving a balance of shs 92.5 billion to be covered by the Government. ln 2019/20, Government has provided shs62.88 billion leaving a shortfall of Shs 29.58 billion,” Mukwaya revealed. The Minister…
The Minister for Security, Gen Elly Tumwine, has admitted before Members of Parliament of the existence of safe Houses. Gen Tumwine however, told MPs on the Human Rights Committee that they cannot access them. Tumwine, who was appearing before the committee on Wednesday, 28 August 2019 said that for security considerations, the committee cannot be permitted to visit the safe houses. “There are areas which for security reasons this committee cannot visit. If a witness who is scared of his colleagues who are criminals runs to the state for protection, would it be wise or in public interest to reveal…
Members of Parliament have called on the Executive to put in place strong measures to curb the increasing depletion of forests by government officials. According to MPs, land grabbing of forested areas has persisted because there is poor enforcement by the National Forestry Authority (NFA), which is mandated with protecting forests. “The Minister [Lands] talks about a submission to Cabinet on issues related to enforcement. This is something you should have done so many years ago,” said Hon. Anthony Okello (NRM, Kioga County). Okello added that under the auspices of the Committee on Natural Resources, an inspection of Bugoma Forest…