Tag: Parliament
Misrak Mekonen to head HPR secretariat office
Misrak Mekonnen (PhD)–former State Minister of Public Service and Human Resource Development–has been appointed to lead the Secretariat Office of the House of Peoples’ Representatives (HPR) following the appointment of Negussu Lemma to the Ethiopian Institute of Biodiversity, The Reporter has learnt.
Draft bill enables Addis Ababa deputy mayor to be appointed out of city council
A draft bill amending the City Administration Charter that allows the appointment of deputy mayor for the city of Addis Ababa out of the...
Frustrated Auditor General reveals another gross mismanagement
Gemechu Dubiso, Auditor General of the Federal Audit Office appeared this week before the Ethiopian House of People’s Representatives (HPR) with another shocking figure of unaccounted and illegal expenses as well as uncollected revenues by the federal government during the 2016/17 fiscal year.
House steps closer to ratify World Bank loans, grant
The House of Peoples’ Representatives (HPR) on Tuesday held the first step discussions on two draft bills of a loan agreement and a grant assistance with a combined amount of some USD 975 million.
MPs urge fertilizer plants recommence production
The Agriculture Affairs Standing Committee of the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) on Wednesday urged the Agriculture Input Corporation and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery to find ways that would enable the existing fertilizer blending factories in the country resume production as soon as possible.