The NRM Secretary General Rt Hon Richard Todwong has hailed the people of Kayunga for voting Andrew Muwonge as their next LC5 chairman. “In the next financial year, the budget will now increase from shs40 billion to shs45 billion. This is mainly to help you, leaders of Kayunga district, to fight poverty, illiteracy, and underdevelopment…
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been endorsed by the Council of Ministers to join the East African Community (EAC) as the seventh member state. The EAC Council of Ministers, chaired by Kenya’s EAC Affairs and Regional Development Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed, gave the nod during an extraordinary meeting on Monday, November 22, in Arusha,…
Officials at Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), Uganda’s power sector supervisor, have explained the newly announced domestic tariff aimed at reducing the use of charcoal for cooking in homes across the country. As we reported last week, Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, and officials from power regulator Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) led…
Entebbe Magistrate Grade One Stella Okwong Paculal has charged Pastor Aloysius Bugingo on two counts, and Suzan Makula Nantaba on one count for allegedly getting married contrary to sections of the Marriage Act, 1904 and Penal Code Act,1950. Okwong signed formal charges against the duo after merging private prosecution applications and complaints filed by Robert…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Okoth Ochola says the Police Authority approved the promotion of IP Cheptegei Joshua and IP Njia Benjamin to Assistant Superintendent of Police. Similarly, in exercising the delegated powers from H.E. The President, Ochola also promoted the following subordinate officers, who participated in the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, to various ranks of Corporal to Inspector of Police; No.…
