During the event, the Parliamentary Malaria Walk was officially activated, turning the football pitch into a platform for awareness. The message was simple and direct: malaria is preventable, and it can be beaten.
An Act to emend of the National Coffee Act 2021, Act 17 of 2021, aims to dissolve the Coffee Development Authority and transfer its functions to the Ministry responsible for agriculture.
In the recent months, UBOS has been under scrutiny by the public, citing significant errors in tribal population data from the 2024 census provisional report, which the Bureau admitted, saying figures for the Bagisu and Bakiga tribes were mistakenly interchanged.
The Parliament of Uganda is set to hold four regional sittings, with the first one starting on August 28, 2024, at Kaunda grounds in Gulu, and they are to hold other sittings in Mbarara, Mbale, and Masaka. Each sitting is to cost over UGX 5 billion, and many people have criticized the relevance of these regional sittings as they seem not to have a direct impact on the constituents.