Summary

In the plenary sitting held on Tuesday 10 and Wednesday 11 October 2023; the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, criticised a proposal by the Ministry of Health to lower the eligibility age for contraceptives, saying it is a form of legitimising defilement. Parliament acknowledged the appointment of Mawokota County South MP, Hon. Yusuf Nsibambi, as the Forum for Democratic Change Party Whip in Parliament. The Minister for Finance, Hon. Matia Kasaija, yielded to a Parliament request to finance the shs3 billion budget of the National Youth Council. These and more in the plenary round-up.