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UnAfrican Culture: ‘It Can’t Go On Like This! Tayebwa Orders Head On Probe Into Homosexuality In Schools

Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Education Committee of parliament to comprehensively investigate a thread of alleged homosexual practices in Ugandan schools. In his communication to Members on Tuesday afternoon, Tayebwa said the country is concerned about the increasing

January 24, 2023

National News·Uganda

“If They Are Corrupt, Get Us Evidence We Will Arrest Them”-Museveni Directs ONC, Bazzukulu To Wage War Against Corrupt District Service Commissioners

The President of Uganda HE. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered the Senior Presidential advisor & Personal Assistant Office of the NRM National Chairman Kyambogo & National Coordinator, Bazzukulu Ms Hadijah Uzeiye Namyalo to lead the bazzukulu in a campaign of fighting corruption

January 22, 2023

National News

PS Bigirimana Defeats Daily Monitor For Third Time As Appellate Court Dismisses Newspaper’s Interim Order

Daily Monitor, a local newspaper has yet again lost another application in the Court of Appeal in which its attorneys sought an interim order seeking to stay execution of the decree and all orders of the Appeal no 170 of 2022 pending

January 20, 2023

National News·Op-ed·Politics

OP-ED: JAJJA TOVA KU MAIN; The Ideology of Museveni’s Bazzukulu

By Kitatta Ibrahim Almalik In January and February 2021, Ugandans peacefully went to the general polls and elected leaders into different positions to take the country forward until 2026 following unprecedented campaigns carried out in strict observance of COVID-19 Guidelines and Regulations.

January 20, 2023

Crime

Five Suspected Electricity Vandals Charged With Terrorism

Five people accused of vandalizing electricity infrastructure have appeared before the Mbarara Chief Magistrates court on terror charges. The suspects are Edgar Tashobya and Samuel Tumusiime, both residents of Nyakabungo cell, Kaiika-Rutagarama Mbarara, Innocent Mwekambe of Kitwe Cell, Kgongo Ward, Ibanda Municipality,

January 20, 2023

National News·Politics

“It Would Be Advisable To Read The Committee Report Than Exposing Ignorance”- MP Katuntu Bashes Troubled COSASE Boss Ssenyonyi In Fresh Battle On BoU Probe

In November 2022, the speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Anita Among expressed disappointment to members of parliament and warned them against leaking parliament and committee reports before they are discussed by the house. In doing this she was indirectly hitting Nakawa west

January 20, 2023

Health

Gov’t Chief Whip Tasks Health Ministry To Present Report On Distribution of Ambulances

The government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua has tasked the Ministry of Health to present a status report on the distribution of ambulances to different public health facilities in the country. Obua made the commitment during Thursday’s plenary sitting presided over by

January 20, 2023

National News

‘You Are Too Lazy To Handle Important Issues’- How Speaker Among Decision To Probe COSASE Exposed LoP Mathias Mpuuga

By Hannington Mbabazi Kampala: Nakawa West Member of Parliament Joel Ssenyonyi dubbed Chairperson Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) is sitting on tenterhooks after Speaker Anita Among ordering probe into his poor performance. The speaker said despite funding the

January 19, 2023

National News·Politics

Kasangati Residents, Local Leaders Endorse Museveni For 2026 Elections As Chief Muzzukulu Swings In With ‘Jajja Tova Ku Main Campaign’

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders from Kasangati Sub-county, Wakiso district have endorsed President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to run as the sole candidate for the 2026 general elections. These were party leaders drawn from all party structures and supporters from formal and

January 19, 2023

Op-ed

MP Rugumayo:How NRM Government Can Tackle Current Unemployment Puzzle

Uganda has grappled with unemployment for a long time now. The problem was exacerbated by the COVID 19 pandemic lockdowns. The unemployment rate has been subject to change over the last 10 years. Statistics show that in 2012, the unemployment rate in

January 17, 2023