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Bobiwine Dumps Chameleon To Contest For Kampala Lord Mayor Race
National Unity Platform (NUP) party led by Mp Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobiwine has Singer Joseph Mayanja ‘Chameleon’ to carry the party’s flag in the upcoming Kampala Mayoral race. NUP party leadership has chosen lawmaker Latif Ssebagala current member of parliament for Kawempe South as the official candidate. In a statement by NUP’s Election Management…
President Museveni Nullifies Housing Finance Bank’s Fraudulent Sale Of NRA Hero Widow’s Property
The President of Uganda Museveni has intervened in a case where Housing Finance Bank is accused of fraudulently selling Widow’s Shs30Bn Estate at just 8Bn. According to aletter this website landed on, the President has since directed the Managing Director of Housing Finance Bank (HFB) to desist from attaching and auctioning a house belonging to…
Makerere University Fires: Is Opposition Plan B Actualised?
Intelligence organs and security forces are actively investigating the fire outbreak at Makerere University Main building that started today at around midnight hours. The fire is believed to have started from the roof spreading to floors that house both records and finance departments; a lot of property has been destroyed, this website has learnt. By…
President Museveni Orders Tanga Odoi To Overturn MP Kangwagye Victory Over Irregularities
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who’s the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Chairperson has given the Party’s Electoral Commission Chairman, Tanga Odoi new results of Bukanga County primary election, overturning the victory of MP Steven Kangwagye. Museveni, who is also the NRM party chairman, wrote to Tanga Odoi on Saturday evening informing the latter on the secret…
Tensions: Bushenyi Christians Want Willis Bashasha,Bishop Twinomujuni Defrocked Over Drowning Church Into Partisan Politics
A group of greater Bushenyi residents has blasted West Ankole Diocese laity Willis Bashasha, Bishop Johnson Twinomujuni,ministers led by Dean Wilson Tumuhirwe and John Mark of Kaburegye Church of Uganda in Ishaka of dividing Christians along political lines in the recent NRM primaries. This has come after Christians led by Zeddy Kwikiriza and Welden Taremwa…
Eight Ugandans Miss Repatriation Flight After Testing Positive For Covid-19
Eight Ugandans missed a special repatriation flight from Saudi Arabia this week after testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). On Tuesday, 113 Ugandans who were stranded in Saudi Arabia due to the COVID-19 lockdown arrived at Entebbe International Airport aboard a flight sponsored by the International Organization for Migration- IOM. They were among the 136 females…
Breaking! Justice Lydia Mugambe Appointed New IGG
President Museveni has appointed Justice Lydia Mugambe Ssali as the new Inspector General Of Government (IGG). Mugambe takes office formerly occupied by Justice Irene Mulyagonja who was appointed a judge of the Court of Appeal in October 2019. Prior to the appointment to the office of the IG, Justice Mugambe has been at the Civil…
Gov’t Revokes Troubled Bryan White Foundation License!
The National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations [NGO Bureau] has cancelled the operating license of Bryan White Foundation, an organization belonging to Kampala socialite Bryan Kirumira. This was revealed by Patrick Onen Ezaga, the senior communication officer of the NGO Bureau at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala today. One said, the decision was taken after…
Sensational Kiplimo Sets New 3000m Diamond League, Ugandan Record
Ugandan teenage athletics sensation Jacob Kiplimo proved unstoppable once again as he smashed the Wanda Diamond League 3000m meet record in Rome on Thursday night, also setting a new Ugandan record with that performance. Kiplimo clocked 7:26.64 over the seven-and-a-half-lap distance to not only smash Australia’s Ryan Gregson’s meet record of 7:42.19 by 1.55 seconds,…
UPDF Confirms Security Is Holding NUP’s Kibalama In Their Custody
Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Spokesperson Brig. Flavia Byekwaso has confirmed that Moses Nkonge Kibalama is in the hands of security agencies who are providing security to him following intelligence reports of threats to his life. Moses Nkonge Kibalama, the man who handed over the presidency of National Unity Platform (NUP) to Robert Kyagulanyi alias…