#Deputy Speaker of Parliament Rt. Thomas Tayebwa

Parliament has adopted an amended motion urging the Government to aggressively scale up funding and operational support for smallholder farmers under the National Smallholder Farmers Transformation and Climate Resilience Programme, rejecting proposals for a new law after lawmakers cited sufficient existing statutes and identified poor policy implementation as the real bottleneck.

Opening an induction for parliamentary climate and natural resources committees in Kampala, Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa challenged legislators to move beyond speeches and conferences, urging the 12th Parliament to condition public spending, including Parish Development Model funds, on climate resilience, renewable energy adoption, and disaster prevention rather than perpetual disaster relief.

Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has passed out 155 newly trained Community Health Workers in Mitooma District, cautioning them against opening unlicensed clinics or attempting to administer medical treatments, while the Ministry of Health announced a strategic pivot toward primary disease prevention to alleviate pressure on healthcare facilities.

The 12th Parliament and Deputy Chief of Defence Forces Lt Gen Sam Okiding have commended President Yoweri Museveni for four decades of military leadership and stability, reaffirming national commitment to defense and regional security.

Czech Parliamentary Speaker Tomio Okamura joined Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa for gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, naming a baby gorilla 'Tomio' to strengthen bilateral tourism ties.

Parliament has given the Ministry of Education and Sports a one-week deadline to resolve a dispute with Ndejje University over 102 graduates whose academic transcripts remain withheld despite cleared financial accounts.

Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) President Thomas Tayebwa has warned a 79-nation summit in Brussels that developing countries will never achieve prosperity by exporting raw materials, revealing that Africa loses massive wealth by shipping out its $29.5 trillion mineral bounty unprocessed.

Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has launched the EAC Parliamentary Week in Kampala with a strong call to member states to fast-track the harmonization of regional laws. Tayebwa urged East African legislators to eliminate non-tariff barriers and move away from boardroom deliberations to actual deliveries to make citizens the true owners of the integration agenda.

Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has represented President Museveni at the first-ever Olympic Tooke Run in Bushenyi, celebrating the commercial evolution of Uganda's banana-flour industry.

The NRM Parliamentary Caucus has endorsed Hon. Jacob Oboth-Oboth for Speaker and Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa for Deputy Speaker at State House Entebbe. President Museveni urged the legislators to reject identity politics and focus on wealth creation ahead of today's election in Kololo.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commended the people of Rubirizi District for effectively utilizing funds from the Parish Development Model (PDM) to...