City traders under their umbrella body Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) have warned leader of the National Unity Platform party Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine not to dare stage riots in the city because they are fed up of robbery and hooligan squads who storm business and loot them to zero. In a statement signed…
The 1st Vice Chairperson of National Resistance Movement ‘NRM’, Alhaji Moses Kigongo has cautioned MPs against dragging the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) into the hotly contested race for next Speaker of Parliament. Kigongo released a statement condemning senior NRM leaders who have started vulgarizing the race by using unparliamentary language. “Yesterday, the 10th of…
The Auditor General has revealed that there was financial indiscipline in the utilisation of shs311 billion disbursed to Ministries, Departments, Agencies (MDAs) and districts for Covid-19 interventions. The Auditor General, John Muwanga presented the audit report for financial year 2019/2020 to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, on Thursday, 11 March 2021. According to the report, Government interventions…
Recently, Uganda reached to the finals of U20 Total CAF African Cup of Nations. Top renowned musician Moses Ssali aka Bebe Cool’s son Alpha Thierry Ssali was part of the youngsters players who raised Uganda flag high in the continental competition. The hippos team emerged second after losing to Ghana 2-0. The team had several…
Katwe Police last night carried out an intelligence-led operation and busted a criminal gang that has been operating in the areas of Masajja, Makindye-Sabagabo in Wakiso District. ‘Call Call’ conmen, as they are commonly known, defraud people using mobile phones by calling them and claiming that they have won prizes or by sending fake mobile…
Members of Parliament have called for reciprocation against Kenya following the ban of Uganda’s maize last week. The Members of Parliament says the Kenyan government has banned other commodities like milk, eggs and sugarcane. Kenya in a statement last week, banned the importation of maize from Uganda citing high levels of aflatoxins which pose a…
Former Presidential candidate for National Unity Platform ‘NUP’ Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobowine has set tough conditions for President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his government to work on immediately or else he unleashes protests. On Tuesday,while addressing the media fraternity at NUP offices in Kamwokya, Bobi Wine claimed that he won January 14th presidential elections…
Speakers from the five divisions of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) are seeking Parliament’s intervention over their remuneration, which they say is poor, delays and lacks a clear legal backing. While meeting,Speaker Rebecca Kadaga on Tuesday, 09 March 2021, division speakers revealed how they have spent a year without receiving salaries. “We were elected in…
The Uganda National Students Association (UNSA) has petitioned Parliament following the continued strike by lecturers in the nine public universities. The students led by Ezra Byakutangoza presented the petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga Tuesday, 09 March 2021 saying that Parliament needs to check government programmes in regard to students’ welfare and academics.…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has tasked MPs in the 10th Parliament to pass the gender related bills, one of which has stalled since 1967. In a conference organised by the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) to sensitise Members on the laws lined up for urgent consideration, Kadaga said the laws should pass as…
