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Uganda & Africa’s Way Out Of Covid-19 Gridlock Is In The Neighborhood
By Tusiime Apollo On global scale, there have been frantic attempts to avert the dangers of COVID-19 ever since the global pandemic broke out in Wuhan, China at the end of the year 2019. Being a highly infectious disease that can cause life threatening symptoms, the whole world has been at it’s toes to save…
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…
UG Votes: NRM Raises 5M Signatures To Support President M7’s Nomination
In conformity to the Presidential Elections Act 2005, the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has this Friday submitted lists of signatures of registered voters to the Independent Electoral Commisdion supporting the nomination of H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as the Party Presidential Flag bearer 2020/2021. The Secretary General Rt. Hon. Justine Kasule Lumumba was represented at…
UG Votes: Museveni Heads To Kamuli As He Drums Up Presidential Bid In ‘Scientific’ Campaigns
National Resistance Movement party presidential candidate, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, is today heading to Kamuli in Busoga sub-region for his scientific campaigns. Museveni will meet and address a select team of NRM leaders and flag bearers from Kamuli and surrounding districts. He will highlight key achievements the NRM has registered and other development strategies for the…
UG Votes: Kadaga Summons Attorney General, Electoral Commission Over Aspirants Names Saga
Members of parliament have tasked the Attorney General and the Electoral Commission (EC) to appear before the Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, to clarify on the alleged consideration by the EC not to nominate persons whose names on the national identity cards differ from those on their academic transcripts. The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca…
UG Votes: Inter-Religious Council Meets Police Over Security Brutality
Inter-Religious Council of Uganda leaders have met with the police over the poor treatment of political candidates in the ongoing campaigns. In a joint statement, the religious leaders led by Archbishop Steven Kaziimba condemned the impartial way police is carrying out its mandate of overseeing law and order in the ongoing campaigns. The religious leaders…
UG Votes: 6000 LDU Operatives Redeployed To Curb Electoral Violence
Maj Gen Sam Kavuma, the UPDF Deputy Commander of Land Forces, has closed a Local Defence Unit (LDU) refresher training of the last batch at first division headquarters in Kakiri district. The training that started on the 18 July 2020 saw 6,000 LDU personnel, their commanders and Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) undergo a refresher training aimed…
Ug Polls: Police To Confiscate Illegally Pinned Political Posters
Police have vowed to continue pulling down campaign posters placed in undesignated places especially in the city centre. Addressingjournalists in Kampala, Fred Enanga the police spokesperson said they are to liaise with the Kampala Capital City Authority on the correct way to erect campaign posters and where they should be placed. This is after a…
UG Decides 2021: Museveni Orders All Political Aspirants To Go For Mandatory Coronavirus Tests
President Yoweri Museveni has directed the ministry of health to test all Political aspirants, for COVID-19 before engaging in any form of political campaigns. The directive comes at a time when there is a growing concern over the increasing number of community infections especially in the greater Kampala Metropolitan area but also the increasing number…
UG Decides 2021: EC Receives First Batch Of Ballot Papers
As Uganda is remaining with less than 30 days to the polling date slated for January 14, the Electoral Commission has received the first batch of the ballot papers to be used in the forthcoming general elections. The first batch of ballot papers that landed on Entebbe Airport on December, 9, 2020 included those for…