MPs call for stronger action on insecurity

The economic insecurity trap

Financial insecurity is self-reinforcing. Setbacks mean reduced planning and saving, and increasing unemployment, income loss and housing costs. Financial vulnerability is persistent and widespread and not limited to people in poverty. Policy-makers need to tackle it.

MPs call for stronger action on insecurity

Legislators have urged government to address insecurity in various parts of the country, which they say has negatively impacted on the livelihoods of Ugandans. The legislators were Tuesday, 11 August 2026 debating a motion to appreciate the President on the State of the Nation Address delivered to Parliament on 04 June 2026. Hon. David Okwere […] The post MPs call for stronger action on insecurity appeared first on Watchdog Uganda.

Uganda: MPs call for shift from disaster relief to preparedness

Members of Parliament have called on government to invest more in disaster preparedness and irrigation than repeated reliance on emergency food relief, which is unsustainable. MPs made the call following a statement to Parliament by the Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hon. Sam Engola, on the status of disasters and government interventions. Engola presented the statement during the plenary sitting chaired by Deputy Speak…