The Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga and her Ethiopian counterpart, Hon Tagesse Chafo have called for improved transport infrastructure across the African continent to improve trade and ease movement of persons. The two speakers said there is need to improve the existing road, rail and air transport network and pledged that Uganda and Ethiopia can take the…
The sour relationship between the governments of Rwanda and Uganda have worsened after President Paul Kagame reportedly issued a blockade on Ugandan media houses. We have learnt that the first media house to suffer the brunt of Kagame’s wrath us Nation Media Group’s Daily Monitor, which has since been banned from circulation in Rwanda. It…
Democratic Party (DP) President Norbert Mao has handed over leadership of that Inter-Party Organisation Dialogue (IPOD) chairmanship to Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Patrick Oboi Amuriat aka POA. Norbert Mao and Patrick Amuriat shake hands at the function Below is New Chairaman’s Speech The hand over, which was long overdue, was held at Fairway…
35 Rwandans and four Congolese nationals were remanded to Kisoro government prison on Tuesday November 26, 2019, after they were charged with alleged illegal entry in Uganda, at Kisoro magistrates court. The suspects that were arrested in joint operations conducted by the police, Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) and sister security agencies in areas of…
President Yoweri Museveni and Speaker Rebeccca Kadaga on Monday evening attended a fundraising event for the Quiin Abenakyo Foundation. The memorable event was held at Sheraton Kampala Hotel. Quiin The latter is geared at fighting teenage pregnancies and child marriages. President Museveni contributed Shs120m to the event. He blamed PTA fees for forcing girls out…
The management of Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) has finally come out and settled the dust after they confirmed their website was hacked into by unknown people on Tuesday. The company’s website was hacked into between 10 am -11am on Tuesday, and all its content deleted. The hacker posted a video on the website demanding that…
The member of parliament for Kinkiizi east who doubles as State Minister for Housing, Dr. Chris Baryomunsi is cough Shs80.6 million to Kanungu tycoon James Musinguzi Garuga and his company Kinkizi Development Co. Limited after he successfully argued in court that the minister, a Tumwebaze Karabenda Godfrey the mayor Kanungu town council while being hosted…
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has paid an impromptu visit to the grief stricken people of Ssembule, Kabowa Parish in Lubaga Division who lost a resident this morning at the hands of a trigger-happy police officer. Kibuuka David, a community worker and local secretary for information, happened to have been within the vicinity of a…
A total of 45 Senior Police Officers have today completed an eight day Senior Commanders’ Course at Police headquarters Naguru. The Deputy Director of Human Resource Development SCP Felix Ndyomugyenyi closed the course on behalf of his Director AIGP Godfrey Golooba. SCP Ndyomugyenyi said that the course was timely and befitting for officers who are…
On Monday, at least 500 National Resistance Movement [NRM] youth camped at State House Entebbe seeking to meet President Museveni. The youth who were led a one Henry Kajubi wanted to petition the president over the challenges they have gone through while working with the NRM Secretariat since 2016. After failing to meet him through…
