Uganda, April 15 -- Parliament has endorsed an increase of its budget by Shs125b to cater for salaries, travel, per diem and operational costs in the offices of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of Opposition and Government Chief Whip, the provision of which will see the institution's budget hit the trillion mark.

During the plenary sitting on April 12, legislators adopted the report by the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee that scrutinises the budget of the Parliamentary Commission with no debate, where the proposal is contained.

At the same sitting, the Legislators, who play the appropriation role, also rejected a proposal by the Ministry of Finance to cut their budget by Shs78b from Shs945.5b for the current financial year....