Kampala, March 12, 2026 – Members of Parliament have criticised the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) for withholding Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) results over malpractice while failing to take action against school administrators and invigilators accused of orchestrating the cheating. During a tense plenary sitting, lawmakers argued that the current approach punishes innocent pupils while…
More money is expected to be allocated for the treatment and management of Sickle Cell Disease following a motion passed by Parliament. Presented on Thursday, 12 March 2026 by Hon. Asuman Basalirwa (JEEMA, Bugiri Municipality), the motion urging government to recognise Sickle Cell Disease as a major non-communicable disease that requires urgent budget attention was…
Each Member of Parliament (MP) in Uganda’s incoming 12th Parliament is set to receive about Shs315 million as a taxpayer-funded vehicle grant, following approval of the allocation in the final budget of the outgoing 11th Parliament. According to budget documents approved in late January 2026 for the 2026/2027 financial year, Parliament allocated a total of…
Bombo — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), has called on leaders to prioritise identifying and addressing the practical needs of citizens, saying this has been the guiding philosophy of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) since the 1960s. The President made the remarks while presiding over the election of…
Members of Parliament in Uganda participated in a live demonstration of the Biometric Voter Verification Kit (BVVK), gaining hands-on experience with the technology that will be used in the 2026 elections. The exercise, organised by the Electoral Commission, involved a mock polling station where MPs could observe how the BVVK operates in a real voting…