In 2014, Uganda and South Sudan entered into a mutual agreement to pay about 123 billion shillings owed to 22 companies which lost goods and money following outbreak of civil war in South Sudan the previous year.
The goods include 80 cartons of cosmetics and 300 pieces of iron sheets. The goods were seized in a week-long operation in various markets within the city following complaints from the users that they dont conform to the UNBS standards.
Rakai Woman MP, Juliet Kyinyamatama notes that the charges are inconsiderate and place businesses, especially those run by young entrepreneurs, in jeopardy.
MP Margaret Muhanga accuses fellow legislators of overstepping their mandate saying that no one, not even the Auditor General has powers to inquire into a matter that had been adjudicated upon by the Supreme Court.
Godfrey Werikhe, the Deputy Executive Director REA, told the committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises COSASE that by 2014, the agency owed 8 billion shillings but the figure has since accumulated to 18 billion Shillings.
During the government retreat that ended on Sunday at National Leadership Institute --NALI at Kyakwanzi, Lands Minister Betty Amongi was quoted saying government is in the final stages of tabling before Parliament amendments into the Land Act 1998.
Hassan Kaps Fungaroo, Obongi County MP, says the MPs want the ministers to also give their position on the brutal beating of police, which he says has become a frequent occurrence while dispersing crowds.
Boxers Ronald Serugo and Kennedy Katende will be Ugandas first athletes to take to the field this weekend when the 2016 Olympic Games start in Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil.
Sources within Kyambogo University say the situation is not rosy, with the department heads typing and distributing the examinations themselves. It is a beehive of activities.
Former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye says that President Yoweri Museveni now feels so insecure because he does not have the peoples mandate to hold power. The insecurity, Besigye adds, drives Museveni into clinging onto power regardless of the cost.
