The Ministry of Education and Sports is expected to present status report on the construction of seed schools in Uganda. According to Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, the Ministry is to present the report within a fortnight highlighting the number of seed schools that were to be constructed, contractors in charge and status of construction.…
Former presidential candidate, Dr Kizza Besigye, was Wednesday arrested and detained at Nalufenya detention facility in Jinja district again. His aide, Ronald Muhinda, said Besigye was trailed by a one Muhumuza Albert on a motorcycle and Musa Walugembe in a Premio. This pair of cops was last year photographed along Katonga road in Nakasero near…
Traffic flow along the Kampala-Jinja road has been paralysed after a huge tree fell in the middle of the road in Banda. The eucalyptus tree fell on the road at around 12 pm. Motorists were stuck for several hours along the busy road stretching from Kyambogo all the way to Kireka. The tree hit one…
President Museveni has been awarded the African Leadership Peace Award on the sidelines of the UK-Africa Investment Summit held in London, UK. Museveni who concluded his visit Wednesday morning, thanked the African Leadership Magazine “that gave me the African Leadership Peace Award Tuesday at the Royal Geographical Society in London”. He added: “Africa will continue…
The body of a Ugandan national, Teojen Ndagijimana recently shot dead last week by Rwandan security operatives has been brought back into the country. Ndagijimana, 25, a resident of Kabingo village, Murora sub-county in Kisoro district was shot dead on Saturday at Kumugu trading centre Musanze district in Rwanda, about three kilometres away from the…
A boda boda rider Paul Mugerwa has been arrested and detained at Kawempe police station over alleged illegal possession of a Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) chain commonly known as dog tag. Mugerwa, a resident of Kiganda Zone in Kawempe Division, Kampala was arrested by police officers deployed at Paniafrica Company Limited when they saw…
Pastor Joseph Sserwada, the leader of the Born Again Community in Uganda has called for the passing of the Marriage and Divorce Bill which he says has been on the shelves for long. Speaking at the Parliament Inter-Faith Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday, 21 January 2020, Pastor Sserwada said that one of the things disturbing the…
The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has summoned the Minister for Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa to explain to the house the growing tension between Uganda and Rwanda. Her summons come in the wake of reports that three Ugandans were shot and killed in Rwanda over the weekend plus the ongoing arrests of some…
