Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort a favourite hotspot for conferences, meetings and wedding venues in Uganda, has unveiled a wedding offer dubbed ‘Wedding Stylish Small’, meant to have your wife wedded this weekend since everything is now affordable. We can authoritatively confirm that at only UGX450000, a couple is given a single room while at 350000 you…
The Chief of Defence Forces Gen Wilson Mbadi has described the late Maj Gen Stephen Rwabantu as a senior and professional cadre who during the different battle exploits was known to be a fearless fighter especially under the 3 battalion where he earned the nickname “Rwa-Gonya!” This was contained in his message that was delivered…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed Uganda National Road Authority (UNRA) Executive Director Allen Kagina to hand road construction projects to various Chinese firms without undergoing competitive bidding. As per the law, any company that wants to render services to the public under government docket must undergo bidding and the winner is given a contract.…
Controversial city lawyer Male Mabirizi Kiwanuka has dragged President Yoweri Museveni to court for abandoning his new name, Tibuhaburwa that he formally adopted in 2020. On October 6, 2020 during the presidential campaigns, Museveni swore a declaration to rectify his names and have them written in proper order in accordance with the law on the…
The Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has said its Electoral Commission Secretary has been arrested. Mr. Augustine Ojobile, also the FDC acting Deputy Chief Administrative officer was picked from his home in Kasubi on Tuesday. “The regime has started arresting our staff members, this morning plain-clothed gunmen arrested Mr. Augustine Ojobile our Electoral commission…
Ugandan Olympic medallists Joshua Chetegei, Peruth Chemutai and Jacob Kiplimo have returned home from Japan. At Entebbe airport on Tuesday, they waved to the massive crowds that lined on the roadsides to welcome them back home. The family members of Ugandan Olympic medallists were also waiting at Entebbe International Airport upon their return from Tokyo,…
The Judiciary has revealed that, it has received Shs1.2 billion to handle 155 petitions arising from January 14, 2021, general elections. The revelation was made by the Jameson Karemani, the spokesperson to Judiciary. The hearings for the Parliamentary Elections will kick-off on August 16 petitions in the different high Court circuits across the country. “We…
Livestock farmers in Sembabule district are demanding for the increased mass vaccination against Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD. Last week, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Industry allocated Sembabule a total of 20,000 doses of FMD vaccines to carry out vaccination of animals against the virus, but farmers are complaining that the exercise is benefiting…
The opposition political party, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC has called upon government to create a separate ministry of sports by splitting it from the ministry of education. Speaking to reporters today at the party headquarters at Najjanankumbi, John Kikonyogo, the deputy spokesperson said that by separating the ministry, government would be demonstrating that it…
The Inter Party Organisation for Dialogue-IPOD has appealed to the government to lift the suspension of the Democratic Governance Facility-DGF, a consortium of donor for good governance programs in Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni wrote to the Ministry of Finance in February last year to halt the facility and accused the Permanent Secretary of irregularly and…
