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The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, is in talks with key leaders in government and the Opposition, to settle the stalemate over human rights violations and the latter’s continued boycott of House proceedings.

Government is on track to ensure that the first drop of oil is produced by the end of 2025, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa, has told Parliament.

The National Information Registration Authority (NIRA) has failed to commence mass enrolment of 17.2 million persons due to funding gaps for the activity, the Authority’s Executive Director, Rosemary Kisembo, has said.

Members of Parliament on the Public Service and Local Government Committee have expressed concern with the level of implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM) programme in the Karamoja sub-region.

This groundbreaking news was lauded by the UAC, which praised the newly approved injectable, cabotegravir (CAB-LA), as a safer and more user-friendly approach to disease prevention compared to existing methods.

Parliament has adopted a report of the Public Accounts Committee (Central Government) in which it recommended that the Netball and Boxing Federations refund all monies received but unaccounted for, within six months.

In the era preceding the dominance of social media, television served as our primary source of news and information, alongside radio and newspapers.

Suspected ADF rebels have killed tourists and burnt their car in Queen Elizabeth National Park along Katwe Road, according to police.

In his presentation, the KCCA Deputy Executive Director, Eng. David Luyimbazi, said the total cost spent on the project, including drainage, pavement, street lighting and signals among others, was Shs553.6 billion.

Aceng said that despite the procurement of high capacity oxygen plants for all specialised and regional referral hospitals, the power delivered by the single-phase transformers to the facilities cannot run the equipment.

Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa guided the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon. Matia Kasaija, to take advantage of the three percent supplementary budget to cover the shortfall of Shs13 billion.

A section of members attributed the poor performance of learners in rural schools to the lack of electricity because the computers that were distributed by the education ministry to facilitate research and learning were not being used as there no electricity to power them.