The Electoral Commission is today expected to conclude elections for youth committees in areas where the process was disrupted by violence yesterday. The Electoral Commission last evening concluded elections for Village/Cell Youth Committees countrywide with most villages successfully conducting their polls. The commission’s acting spokesperson Paul Bukenya says in Kampala Capital City by close of…
The current Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President Eng. Patrick Amuriat alias POA has on Tuesday August, 18, 2020 announced that he will run for President of Uganda in the coming 2021 Elections. Mr. Amuriat, broke silence during a Tuesday presser at the FDC headquarters in Najanankubi. In his message, POA said he will be…
The United States has imposed financial sanctions and visa restrictions on four Ugandan individuals for their involvement in activities that victimized young children in a corrupt adoption scheme. Ugandan judges Moses Mukiibi and Wilson Musalu Musene, and Ugandan lawyer Dorah Mirembe and her associate Patrick Ecobu, participated in a scam whereby young children were removed…
Barcelona Football Club have sacked head coach Quique Setien after a trophy-less campaign that culminated in European humiliation. The club announced the decision on Monday, just days after the club were embarrassed in the Champions League quarter-finals in a record-breaking loss to Bayern Munich. Having already been beaten to the Liga title by arch-rivals Real Madrid, Barcelona were annihilated 8-2…
An employee of Vision Group tested positive for Covid19 over the weekend, Robert Kabushenga, the Group’s chief executive said in a Monday statement. In a memo sent to all staff, Mr Kabushenga said the employee tested positive on Sunday and that his contacts have been urged to self-isolate for 14 days. “I wish to inform you…
Government has threatened to halt public transport for failure to adhere to standard operating procedure (SOPs) peddled at curbing the spread of Covid-19 pandemic. According to the minister of works and transport, Gen Katumba Wamala, passengers, boda-boda cyclists and taxi operators are undermining SOPs which include; wearing face masks, sanitizing, keeping social and overloading. “Fellow Ugandans, it…
Troubled Bank of Uganda (BoU) Director for Financial Markets Development Coordination (FMDC) Benedict Sekabira has rebuffed summons by the Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department (CIID), telling operatives that he cannot be summoned like a chicken thief. Sekabira is wanted by Police to explain his role in the concealment and seizure of the land titles belonging…
The Government of Uganda is considering designating special burial places to handle covid19 victims, should deaths in fatalities rise. This was revealed by the minister of ICT and National Guidance, Judith Nabakooba said on Sunday while Speaking to media during a press conference in Kampala. The Minister noted that government is concerned about the rising…
Uganda has recorded 66 new cases of COVID-19, the highest figure ever to be recorded in a single day since the first patient was registered in March. The Ministry of Health announced Sunday that results from tests done on Saturday indicated that 66 new COVID-19 cases confirmed. The cumulative total confirmed cases of Ugandans are…
Fifteen people are dead and more than 20 are being treated in hospital following a deadly attack by militants at a seaside hotel in Somalia. Militant group al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Elite Hotel in Lido beach, in the capital Mogadishu on Sunday. The attack started with a suicide car…
