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 The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has revealed that all Members of Parliament will undergo training in video conferencing. Kadaga on Wednesday said that the training is aimed at enhancing communication during the period when the country is observing Covid-19 guidelines. She said that the Office of the Clerk to Parliament together with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Ministry of Information, Communications Technology and National Guidance have arranged initial video conferencing services. Kadaga invited MPs to register with the Parliament Information Technology Department and enroll for the services to enable them participate in the proceedings of the House electronically during this time when the Parliament building cannot accommodate all MPs. Last week, Speaker Kadaga issued new measures to guide the conduct of sittings in Parliament during the Coronavirus lockdown. Among these measures was a reduction in the number of MPs attending a p...

Fresh floods have destroyed several crop gardens in Butaleja district causing farmers huge loses. The floods were triggered by heavy rains that pounded the district on Monday evening. They mainly affected rice gardens in Busaba and Nawanjofu sub counties where a number of gardens were washed away. Stephen Were, the Busaba Sub County Agriculture Officer says over 100 acres of rice and other gardens were destroyed by the floods, adding that the farmers who planted maize, water melon and cassava have also been affected. He says most of the affected farmers had just received farm inputs and seedlings under the government funded Agriculture Cluster Development Program where they paid Shillings 148,500 each. Were warns of more disaster since the rains are just beginning. Mwima Analoga, a resident of Hahola village, says on top of her house flooding, the floods also destroyed her rice and maize gardens. Butaleja district is prone to flooding from river Manafwa, which snakes th...

By: Egonda Emmanuel Anelka A section of traders especially those with shops that were closed over the COVID-19 outbreak want government to relax some of the guidelines saying many Ugandans have no food to eat. Yesterday while addressing the country, President Yoweri Museveni announced a 21 day extension to the guidelines which include a night curfew, suspension of public transport like buses, taxis and special hire vehicles. Commercial motorcycle riders (Boda Boda) are also required to stop their work at 2pm. Shops that deal in non food items and garages were also closed. Now this morning some mechanics at Mbale Garage were seen repairing vehicles but later dispersed by Police. Several shop keepers also went to town and were seen in groups threatening to pour their families on the street protesting the 21 day extension. A trader only identified as Mariam says government should allow the Boda Boda riders to carry only one passenger. She also says the closure of shops dea...

Honourable Nathan Nandala Mafabi has Clarified on the 10B meant for Parliament to fight COVID19.in a message that he sent to several whatsapp groups he had this to say Friends, I wish to clarify on the alleged 20m given to Members of Parliament as follows; I will start by informing the public that I have personally not received any 20million. If some MPs received the money, then it must have been a selective process which the Budget Committee and Parliamentary Commission need to clarify. If its true as alleged that each MP has been given 20m, then it is very unfortunate and I will add that Uganda is doomed with such leadership! Those who have been following my views on this Covid 19 situation, I have been and will continue advocating for equipping health units, protecting health workers and paying health workers better. I was very clear on this when i featured on Ntv's "On The Spot" During the supplementary budget for Covid 19, I argued that all this money o...