As Uganda’s 11th Parliament approaches its April 24 dissolution, legislators are urging extended sittings to pass the ...

What makes the situation with Parliament the more disheartening is that this is the institution supposed to lead the line in defending the public interest, in raising issues of national importance and ...

Bill, 2025 has drawn mixed reactions among legislators, particularly over a proposal to grant additional pay to producers and performers when their sound recordings or audio-visual works are ...

Parliament has adopted a motion urging the government to recognise sickle cell disease as a major public health concern requiring urgent budgetary attention.

Led by Kenya's president, the founding countries of the East African Community are reclaiming control of an organisation in deep crisis, pushing through a raft of reforms whose implementation already ...

From the outset, the parliament faces several crucial tasks. Among the most immediate is deciding the fate of 133 ordinances promulgated by the interim government. Under the constitution, parliament ...

Senegal's parliament on Wednesday passed legislation doubling the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison amid a crackdown on the country's gay ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has defended her leadership and dismissed claims that she assumed the role by ...

Senegal’s parliament has passed legislation to increase the maximum sentence for homosexuality. On Wednesday (11 March), Senegal’s National Assembly passed a bill that will double the maximum penalty ...

President Museveni has urged leaders of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) to focus on addressing local community challenges and exposing corruption, rather than spending excessive time ...

Officials from Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) have told disgruntled party members that decisions by the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) on the next Speaker and Deputy ...