Parliament has passed a motion to inquire into the conduct of the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF). Sponsored by MP Paul Mwiru (FDC, Jinja Municipality East), the motion received unanimous support, save for Local Government Minister Col Tom Butime and Brig Gen Flavia Byekwaso (UPDF). Debate on alleged torture by the army has been amplified…
Tycoon Kirumira Brian aka Bryan White has dragged to courts of law the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party chairman for Eastern Uganda, Captain Mike Mukula. In November this year, police raided Bryan White’s Buziga home in Makindye and arrested him. He was taken to CID headquarters in Kibuli over alleged debts amounting to Shs1bn.…
A panel of five Constitutional court judges has dismissed an application by four time presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye asking court to nullify the offense of unlawful assembly in the Penal code Act. The panel comprising five Justices Kenneth Kakuru, Cheborion Barishaki, Elizabeth Musoke, Steven Musota and Geoffrey Kiryabwire delivered its verdict Thursday morning. On…
Uganda and South Africa have appreciated the role played by sharing intelligence information in neutralizing global challenges. This was discussed in a meeting between the South African Chief of Defence in charge of Intelligence (CDI) Lt Gen Jeremiah Nyembe and UPDF Chief Of Military Intelligence and Security Brig Gen Abel Kandiho. In a meeting attended…
There was a Fan fare as the football fraternity warmly welcomed back to office the FUFA President Eng. Moses Hassim Magogo. FUFA Executive Committee members, Delegates, FUFA Judicial bodies, members of the secretariat, fans and the media gathered at the home of football, FUFA Headquarters in Mengo, Kampala as early as 8 AM. A special…
Among the over 8,000 students who graduated from Kyambogo university on Wednesday, Allan Kajik, the husband to State Minister for Privatisation and Investment Evelyn Anite. Uganda Radio Network [URN] reported that Kajik was among the 151 masters degree graduands at 16th Graduation Ceremony. To the awe of onlookers, when Kajik’s name was read, an overexcited…
President Yoweri Museveni has expressed his condolences to victims and relatives of Ugandans who were affected by mudslides in parts of Eastern and Western Uganda last week. Museveni passed on his condolences in a statement published on his social media accounts on Tuesday, in which he revealed that government will do everything possible to relocate…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this year, mainly for the 2018 deal he reached with Eritrea to end a long-running border conflict. In accepting the prize in Oslo on Tuesday, Abiy insisted the prize also belonged to his “partner and comrade in peace, President Isaias Afwerki, whose goodwill trust…
Hearing of a murder case against the Kanyamunyu brothers in the High court has been scheduled to start next year in January. Mathew Kanyamunyu and two others are accused of murdering child activist, Kenneth Akena in November 2016. Kanyamunyu is jointly charged alongside his Burundian girlfriend Cynthia Munwangari and his elder brother, Joseph Kanyamunyu. Today Wednesday,…
Justine Kasule Lumumba, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretary General, has today renewed her marriage vows with husband Patrick Lumumba. Our Spy reveals that the Lumumbas renewed their marital vows at a magnificent ceremony that was held at Rubaga Cathedral on Wednesday afternoon. After the ceremony, they treated their guests, who included Forum for Democratic Change…
