Block 19
Former French president Chirac Passes on at 86
Former French president Jacques Chirac, a colossal figure in France’s politics for three decades, has died at the age of 86, his family told AFP on Thursday. The Centre-right Chirac rose to prominence as mayor of Paris before becoming prime minister and then serving as head of state from 1995-2007. “President Jacques Chirac died this…
Ignorant Ugandan Women MPs To Go For Mentoring Courses
Political Parties and governments should provide mentoring programmes to encourage women and girls to stand for elective positions. This was one of the four recommendations endorsed by the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians at the ongoing week-long 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) at the Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo. The lawmakers also sanctioned the establishment of an Alumni and…
French Army To Train UPDF On Mountains Fighting
The Ambassador of France to Uganda H.E Jules Armand Aniambossou has met with Uganda’s Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA) Hon Adolf Mwesige. The meeting, held at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs in Kampala, focused on how to strengthen and improve on the existing relationship between Uganda and France, most especially in…
Heartless;As NRM Disowns Local Musician Nailed In Mouth
The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has disowned local musician Isaac Kitoogo aka Ambassador Wa Yesu who was nailed in the mouth. Kitoogo, 37, a resident of Nambozo Cell, Nkoma Ward in Mbale Municipality, told police he was beaten and a 3-inch nail driven through his right cheek on Monday night. Elgon region police…
Uganda ,Russia sign Nuclear Energy Deal
September 17, 2019, on the side-lines of the 63rd IAEA General conference in Vienna the Governments of the Russian Federation and of the Republic of Uganda signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. On behalf of Russia, the document was signed by Nikolay Spassky, Deputy Director General – Director…
MPs Grill Min.Mwesige,Gen.Muhoozi on Defence Budget Irregularities
The Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs Hon Adolf Mwesige has opened the two-day Annual retreat for Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MODVA) leaders and Members of Parliament on the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The retreat is aimed at reviewing the performance of the Defence and Veteran Affairs ministry…
UPDF To Head UN Military teams To Patrol DRC Over new Rebel Groups
The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs Hon Adolf Mwesige has met Mr Youssef Mahmoud and his team from the High Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations for the United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo(MONUSCO),at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs in Mbuya, Kampala. MONUSCO was…
Common Wealth Delegates Tour Source of the Nile, Equator
Visiting delegates will tour the Source of the Nile, the Equator and Namugongo Martyrs Shrine as part of the excursion during the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. The sites together with Kagulu Hills in Buyende district have been selected as they provide unique tourist value to the visitors. Spouses and accompanying persons, who ordinarily do not attend…
President Kenyatta Bans Foreign Children Adoption
Kenya has today announced an immediate ban on adoption of children by foreign nationals. The announcement follows a special Cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi, chaired by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The meeting directed the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection to formulate a new policy document to regulate the adoption of children by foreign nationals…
UPDF Soldiers Foil MPs’ Bid To Inspect Safe Houses’
Military personnel guarding various security installations have blocked legislators from accessing and inspecting ‘safe houses’, a generic term for alleged torture chambers run by the Internal Security Organisation (ISO). The MPs on the Committee on Human Rights were denied access to safe houses in Kyengera, Nalukolongo and Nakasero. In the morning of Tuesday, September 10,…