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War On Terror! Open Letter To Hon Betty Nambooze
By Namboozo Patience While appearing on the popular NBS TV Barometer programme recently, Honourable you were skeptical about how President Museveni was able to identify the names of the terrorists that attacked and some who died in recent bombings in the country. Well, question no more. The president is the biggest consumer of security and…
UNOC To Retain Funds From Petroleum Products Sale
The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) will now retain a portion of the proceeds from the sale of petroleum products following the passing of the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill, 2021. The amendment guarantees UNOC access the proceeds from the sale of its interest in the crude oil in order to meet all its financial…
Bobiwine Joins Striking Intern Doctors In Activism
More than twenty doctors who had gone to Parliament to deliver a petition to Speaker Jacob Oulanyah concerning the state of the public health care system were rounded up en-route and thrown into police cells. They were later released on police bond after the intervention of authorities on Wednesday evening. National Unity Platform’NUP’ party president…
FIFA Approve 23 Uganda International Referees For 2022
Federation of International Football Federation (FIFA) has released a list of Ugandan referees approved to receive FIFA badges for 2022. The list has 23 names including 7 Centre Referees, 10 Assistant Referees, 2 from Futsal and 4 from the game of Beach Soccer. It should be noted that Uganda was also allocated the same number…
Three NUP MPs,Coordinators, Journalist Arrested In Kayunga
Three NUP MPs, coordinators arrested on election eve| Three National Unity Platform-NUP legislators together with several other people deployed to protect the votes of Harriet Nakwede, the NUP candidate for the Kayunga LC 5 chairperson by-election are in police custody. They are Aloysius Mukasa, the Lubaga South MP, Charles Tebandeke, Bbaale County MP and their…
Gen Muhoozi Implores President Museveni To Forgive Kale Kayihura
The Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has said that former Inspector General of Police Gen Kale Kayihura should be pardoned and rehabilitated if necessary. In a tweet, Wednesday night, Gen Kainerugaba who is also the UPDF’s Land Forces commander noted that Kayihura, like Gen James Kazini and Brig Noble Mayombo…
Lands Ministry Officials Cited In Procurement Of Fake Streetlights
The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts (Local Government) has tasked officials from the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development to explain why streetlights in many urban centres and cities are non-functional. The committee chaired by Hon. Ojara Martin Mapenduzi (Indep. Bardege-Layibi Division) was on Wednesday, 15 December 2021 meeting the Lands ministry officials on…
USA Will Continue Active Security Dialogue With Uganda Govt– Ambassador Brown
On 15th December 2021, according to our media source, Natalie E. Brown the Ambassador of the United States (US) Mission in Uganda, while addressing journalists on the Embassy’s 2021 report to the Ugandans that explains the U.S partnership and assistance for the past one year in areas of health, education, democratic values among others. She…
Museveni Reassures Indians On Recognising Their ‘Tribe’, Commends Community On Contribution To Economic Development
President Yoweri Museveni has commended the Indian community in Uganda for its contribution to the economic development of the country and appealed to them to encourage more people to exploit the vast investment opportunities here. “Thank you so much for your contribution to the economic development of the country. Bring more business people for investments…
NRM’s Andrew Muwonge Wins Kayunga LC5 By-Election
The National Ruling Movement – NRM Candidate Andrew Muwonge has emerged the winner of the Kayunga LC5 Seat following Thursday’s polls in the district. According to latest polls announced on Friday morning, Andrew Muwonge garnered a total of 31,830 votes against National Unity Platform’s Harriet Nakwedde who managed 31,380 votes in a highly contested election.…