Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobiwine, the National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, has halted his nationwide campaigns over alleged security interference and use of excessive force against his supporters. This comes after Bobi Wine and his supporters were involved in running battles with Uganda Police Force officers along Kayunga-Mukono road where he was set to…
Deadly clashes erupted as police fired teargas and live bullets to disperse supporters of Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine in Kayunga district. Police and military blocked the main road leading to Kayunga town and fired bullets at defiant supporters. Shopkeepers abandoned their shops and fled to safety as well as journalists who are…
Former Resident District Commissionar for Lyantonde district Sulaiman Tiguragara Matojo has passed on at Mulago Referal hospital. Celebrated Radio talk show host Matojo succumbed to coronavirus after being admitted at Mulago with severe headache, dry cough and chest pain few days ago. He was rushed to medical facility for emergency treatment after he collapsed from…
City tycoon and prominent businessman H.E. Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia has revealed plans to build five more schools in and around Kampala as he continues to expand his interests in the country’s education sector and also cater for the growing population. Uganda’s population is presumed to be growing at around 3.5 percent per year, which is…
President Yoweri Museveni this afternoon commissioned Umeme’s upgraded multibillion Mbale Substation near Bugema. Mr. Selestino Babungi, the Umeme Managing Director, explained that the $17m (about sh64b) modern substation will now make electricity supply in eastern region more reliable resulting from the integration of the new transmission 50MW substation at the Mbale Industrial Park. He said…
Kampala: If there is any government Authority that frustrating President Yoweri Museveni’s fight against corruption, then it is the City Hall based Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), because investigators indicate that officials there are involved in gross abuse of government funds and tax payers’ money. This is because officials at KCCA not only embezzled funds…
In a bid to extend their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to the community, the management of Fair Trade Premium limited, and Premier Roses Farm Limited donated over 200 blankets among other goodies to farm workers to appreciate them for their good work. The rose farm was one of the horticulture companies affected by the global…
Ruparelia Foundation and Sanyu FM has donated scholastic materials to one of the vulnerable children homes in Luzira, Kampala as one way of touching their lives and giving back to the community. The donations are in line with the marking of the international World AIDS Day commemorated December 1 every year since 1988. This years…
President Yoweri Museveni, who is also the NRM Presidential flag bearer, has asked party leaders to explain to the public, the party’s success story. The President, who was addressing party leaders and flag bearers from Pallisa, Butebo and Kibuku districts in Bukedi sub-region at the Busitema University grounds, said that NRM has turned around Uganda’s…
