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Parliament Watch

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Parliament Watch UG is a civic tech platform by @centre4policy that monitors & provides relevant data & expert insights on the Parliament of Uganda.

Kampala, Uganda

Joined March 2013

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Jun 23
Uganda’s economy is projected to grow at double-digit rates 10.2% in the new Shs 84.3 trillion budget, the first time in decades, thanks to oil and more. What does this mean for growth, taxes, and your cost of living? Join #PwatchSpace this Thursday, 25 June 2026, as we unpack
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Mar 15, 2024
“Give us a break Madam Speaker, Stop hiding under the issue of homosexuality. Are you saying that Ugandans who are demanding for accountability for their money are homosexuals? Come on, let’s be serious. Stop scapegoating, no one is talking about homosexuality here. Ugandans are
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Mar 15, 2024
Leader of Opposition, @JoelSsenyonyi has asked Speaker @AnitahAmong to stop using homosexuality as an excuse to avoid responding to the corruption & abuse of office allegations brought against Parliament, saying the people demanding for accountability aren’t homosexuals but
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Aug 6, 2024
We are looking for Shs18Bn for medical interns. We have just given Roko Construction Company Shs300Bn, we gave Dei Pharmacutical Shs500Bn, there is a classified budget under State House and Office of President of close to Shs500Bn. In the interest of having continuity and
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May 5, 2022
Hon. Ssemujju Nganda has asked the Prime Minister to find a compound for the First Family so that they can stop packing military trucks in the middle of the road. #PlenaryUg
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Mar 20, 2025
Ssemujju Nganda (Kira Municipality) has asked Speaker Among to explain why Parliament has taken long to swear in, Elias Nalukoola, the MP elect of Kawempe North, citing cases of some NRM MPs who were sworn in, within 24hours after being declared winners in by-elections. “After a
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Jan 14, 2025
Out of the 557 MPs that we have, at least 18 of them have got PhDs, 231 MPs have Masters Degrees, 251 MPs have Bachelors Degrees, 37 have Diplomas, only 16 possess just the minimum qualification of UACE (Senior Six) and only 4 possess Certificates that are equivalent to UACE. So
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Oct 23, 2023
Muhammad Nsereko (Kampala Central) MP, wants Gov’t to bail out 3000 Makerere University students grappling with paying tuition fees, instead of reserving financial bailouts to only struggling businesses, saying these students will barred from sitting for examinations &
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Dec 18, 2023
Speaker @AnitahAmong is expected to handover vehicles to former Speakers of Parliament this morning & among the recipients include; Al Haji Moses Kigongo, Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, Rebecca Kadaga and Prof. Edward Rugumayo.
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Nov 27, 2024
MPs Anna Adeke (Soroti DWR) & Jonathan Odur (Erute South) engaged in an exchange on whether the mouth & anus should be enacted as body organs where sexual violence can be committed. Odur argued that inclusion of the anus would create a window for Uganda to legalize homosexuality
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Sep 17, 2024
We were in Gulu, the Speaker made it clear that we shall handle your manyanga (Nonsense) in Kampala. Where is she today? We have been waiting to face her. Why is she running away? We need this matter to be debated. We are monitoring closely, we aren’t about to give up- Yorke
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Aug 22, 2023
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Kahinda Otafiire has informed Parliament that the letter he wrote to President Museveni advising him not to contract a Russian Company to manage the digital number plates project in Uganda was hidden & he doubts whether the letter was ever
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Jan 21, 2025
Makerere University has come under scrutiny after the Auditor General, Edward Akol discovered that over 400 Masters’ students failed to complete their studies on time with evidence indicating that averagely, students took more than four academic years to complete research for the
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Jan 24, 2024
Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi has asked Parliament to consider the proposal of funding Uganda's health sector, instead of allocating funds for the medical treatment to top Government officials abroad.
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Mar 22, 2023
Hon. Ssemujju: The request from my constituency is that we must now decisively deal with the issue of iron sheets. We get the ministers who shared the iron sheets and we treat them like we have treated other suspects before. #PlenaryUg
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