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Serere MP Okabe,Wife Perish In Mbale-Iganga Road Accident
Serere County Member of Parliament Patrick Okabe and his wife Christine Okabe have died following a Monday morning road crash at Naboua town council along the Mbale Tirinyi road in Budaka District. They were driving in his V8 Land Cruiser registration number number UBK 995F which police say collided with an Isuzu Fuso truck registration…
Just In: President Museveni Returns From US,UK Business Trips
The President of the Republic of Uganda, H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has today returned home from an official working trip to the United States of America （USA）and United Kingdom (UK). During his trip, the President first went to UK where he opened a meeting for off-takers of Food and Investors in Uganda’s agricultural and industrial…
Slow Uptake Of Foreign Scholarships Irks PAC MPs
The low uptake of scholarships offered to Uganda has become a major concern to legislators on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC – Central Government). A review of scholarships offered to Uganda in the last three years laid bare that out of 280 scholarship slots provided, only 162 are filled, resulting in an under absorption of…
Hajjat Namyalo Uzeiye Moves The “Jjajja Omalako Tova Ku Main” Campaign to Kasokoso, Local Leaders Praise Her & Endorse Museveni For 2026
The head of the Kyambogo based office of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) National Chairman (ONC) Hajjat Namyalo Hadijah Uzeiye has moved the Jjajja Omalako Tova Ku Main” campaign to Kasokoso a city Suburb in a bid to breakthrough opposition strongholds in the Kampala Metropolitan area. This was during the Kasokoso Youth Festival organised to…
OP-ED: ISN’T LABOUR MINISTER CAUSING UNNECESSARY ANXIETY IN THE PENSION SECTOR?
By Ben Ssebuguzi Kampala: Various communication seen instructing the Minister of Labour and Gender instructing her to re-appoint Mr. Richard Byarugaba as the CEO of Uganda’s National Social Security Fund – NSSF seems to be very clear, but alas! The Hon. Minister Betty Amongi seems to be still refusing to endorse the general consensus of…
OP-ED: Why Job Matua Is Also Becoming Another Saboteur
By Ben Ssebuguzi Kampala: It is OK to petition the PM but why doesn’t he first ask his inner man why the board is contented with Richard’s service? The board is the summation of all stakeholders of which even the gender ministry is represented. Why is the minister of Gender trying to buy time to…
LoP Mpuuga Tasks Legislators To Prioritize Constitutional Reforms In 2023
The Opposition in Parliament has said that their focus for the next session of Parliament will be on pushing for constitutional and electoral reforms. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, 15 December 2022, the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Mathias Mpuuga, alongside other members of the Opposition said that for the past periods, the electoral…
EC Vacates Jinja Road Premises Ahead Of Flyover Construction
The Electoral Commission (EC) has vacated Jinja Road based offices the process commences on Friday 16th December 2023. The Uganda Electoral Body Thursday released a statement notifying its workers that 15th December 2022, is the last day of occupancy of the current premises to pave way for continued construction of Kampala flyover project which kicked…
Tough Talking: CDF Gen.Mbadi Cautions Current UPDF Generation Against Indiscipline
The Chief of Defence Forces Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi officiated at the Handover/Takeover of the office of Deputy Commander Land Forces (D/CLF) from Lt Gen Sam Okiding to Maj Gen Francis Takirwa. He also witnessed handover of the office of Chief of Staff Land Forces from Maj Gen Bob Paciesky Ogiki to Maj Gen Jack…
Hon.Basalirwa Tells MPs Investigating Sports Council To Summon Players
The Bugiri Municipality MP, Asuman Basalirwa has tipped the select committee investigating the operations of the National Council of Sports (NCS) to summon players of the different national sports disciplines, saying their experiences could cure the alleged mismanagement. “Speak to the players, the referees and umpires, you will be shocked. You will understand their challenges…