A legislative branch that will earn its stripes by being the ultimate brake on Executive authority is what many pine for ...

The length of the boycott – now into its eighth week –has set a precedent. As the clock ticks, the speaker of parliament is threatening to expel opposition legislators. But legal and political experts ...

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Uganda's parliamentary speaker, her husband and several other officials over corruption and serious abuses of human rights. Parliament Speaker Anita ...

Cheers, jeering and commotions filled Uganda's parliament as members of parliament openly voted 317-97 on the draft bill to scrap Uganda's presidential age-limit. Now President Museveni has to sign ...

The Parliament of Uganda is on Tuesday expected to debate the harassment, detention and torture of fishermen in Lake Victoria. Fishermen from Uganda and Kenya will be eagerly waiting for the results ...

In a bid to strengthen institutional capacity for legislation, oversight and representation, Parliament will start an e-Parliament project. This is contained in Parliament's Strategic Plan for the ...

On July 18, Uganda's parliament sat in Kampala, the country's capital, to discuss a motion calling on the government to prioritise the promotion and protection of children against violence. The debate ...

A standoff over media freedom unfolded at the Parliament of Uganda on Monday morning after security personnel reportedly blocked an NTV Uganda crew from accessing the precincts, sparking outrage from ...

The sweeping legislation would criminalize "the offence of homosexuality." LONDON -- In the days after Ugandan Parliament passed one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ bills, members of the country's ...

KAMPALA — Fistfights and chair-throwing broke out in Uganda's parliament on Tuesday ahead of a debate on whether to grant long-serving President Yoweri Museveni another term in office. The move to ...

Things in the U.S. Congress can get a little heated at times, but rarely do tensions escalate into physical violence. You have to go back more than a century to 1902 for the last incident of a ...