The Make 12.4 percent initiative is the brain child of a disability Mainstreaming and Development Organization Light the World Netherlands in Uganda. It advocates for getting 12.4 percent of the population living with disability in Uganda to find and work in formal employment.
Government is seeking a parliamentary approval to borrow 1.7 trillion shillings ($456m) from the Export-Import (Exim) Bank of China for the upgrade and Construction of National Oil Roads.
Democratic Party Secretary General-cum-Chairperson of IPOD council says political parties recognise independent MPs. The spirit of the draft regulations, he says isn’t to fight independent MPs but to make them truly independent and strengthen parties.
The deceased has been identified as detective Sergeant Fred Chemonges who has been attached to Mbale Central Police station. The injured are Solomon Ikalati, Charles Mukisa, and Spanslaus Tukei.
The agencies are Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), National Information Technology Authority Uganda, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), National social security fund, Ministry of Finance, planning and economic development, ministry of water and environment, Mpigi district local government, and Jinja district local government.
The Speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga says she doesn’t believe that the public should pay OTT for the MPs. While addressing journalists at parliament on Thursday, Kadaga promised to find out those behind the decision and scrutinize the contract.
Kadaga promised to research how some governments especially in Scandinavian countries fund the media industry and sell the idea to the Parliamentary Commission.
The bill also seeks to reform laws relating to the development, management, and maintenance of public roads. It will introduce express penalties for drivers who violate axle load regulations.
The councillors, who were rowdy, argued that they have not received their allowances for four consecutive council sittings and ex-gratia for two quarters.
Minister of Works and Transport Eng. Monica Azuba Ntege says that the amount only caters for 50% of the maintenance needs. She says that the maintenance requirement has gradually increased from 800 billion shillings to 1 trillion shillings to meet the road maintenance needs.
While the Board’s initial ruling on Monday was to suspend Kamunyu for six months without pay, the revised ruling corrected with a pen considers half pay for the staff leader.
The announcement comes as a blow to the efforts to re-organise the pension sector in Uganda. The Johannesburg stock exchange-listed Alexander Forbes has been one of the biggest players managing money for the occupational pension schemes.
During the 17th Ordinary Summit of the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State held in March 2016, the Presidents launched the new EAC e-Passport and directed that issuance of the passports should take effective 1st January 2017 followed by a phased suspension of the readable East African and National Passports in a period of two years.
The operation that started early this week has seen several illegal nets, undersized boats and smaller sized fish recovered and subsequently destroyed.
