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On Fire: UPC Big Wigs Camp In Oyam North Constituency, Canvass Votes For Dr Eunice Otuko
Top leaders from the Uganda People’s Congress are Oyam North to campaign for the party’s flagbearer ahead of the by-election on 6th July 2023. The campaign trail led by the Party President Hon. Jimmy Akena campaigned in Aleka and Iceme Sub Counties on the afternoon of Monday 3rd July 2023. Key among other leaders on…
NRM National Chairman ‘Museveni’ In Oyam To Campaign For NRM’s Samuel Engola
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is also the NRM’s National Chairman, will on Tuesday July, 4, 2023 campaign for the ruling party’s flag-bearer in the Oyam North by-election, Samuel Okello Engola, as the vote hunt comes to an end. Voting is scheduled for Thursday, 6th of July 2023. The NRM Secretary-General, Rt. Hon. Richard Todwong,…
Youth Ask Govt For More involvement In National Budget,Decision Making
Uganda Youth have asked the government to let the young people to take the lead in making budget proposals for key activities that benefit them rather than think for them. The Youth revealed that many of the issues that are proposed rarely benefit them. These were some of ideas that were raised by Youth and…
Min.Hajjat Kabanda Urges NGOs To Support PDM,Govt Initiatives
In a bid to accelerate the development of Uganda and transform Kampala into a Smart City, Minister for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs, Hajat Minsa Kabanda, has called upon non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to actively support the Parish Development Model (PDM) and other government programs. The minister emphasized the crucial role that NGOs play in…
Dr Eunice Otuko Is The Best Candidate-NRM Chairman Endorses Her In Oyam North By Election
The UPC Candidate for Oyam North by-election Dr. Eunice Otuko Apio continues to receive massive support in the Constituency from the camps of her opponents, especially NRM. On Saturday 1st July 2023, the LC 2 Chairman of Atekober Parish in Acaba Sub County Mr. Atim Nyonyi on NRM ticket who has been on the campaign…
OP-ED: The Pain Of Being a Banker & What Should Be Done To Better Their Working Environment
By BEINOMUGISHA GODFREY Kampala: For many who have friends, brothers and sisters who are bankers, may understand the life full of pressure and commitment, they leave. As one is at high school campus admires a banker, after graduation luckily enough you are called for an interview and posted to one branch in soroti, or any…
Senior Cops Parade Bonkmates As Police Decorates Newly Promoted Officers
The Uganda Police Force (UPF) has pipped its newly promoted gazetted officers at the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) to Senior Commissioner of Police (SCP) in the event held at Nagulu Police Headquarters. Presiding over the event, Martin Okoth Ochola, the Inspector General of Police congratulated the officers, the families and friends of…
Motorists Slapped With UGX2 Million Fine For Overspeeding In New Traffic and Road Safety Amendment Act
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signed into law the Traffic and Road Safety Amendment Bill 2023 increasing the fine from Shs200,000 to Shs2m for motorists driving beyond the prescribed speed limit. According to the government, the move is intended to restore sanity and reduce on-road carnage on Uganda’s roads. The revelation was made yesterday during…
How It Happened As Uganda, South Sudan Seal Electricity Export Deal
Uganda and South Sudan have signed a Power Sales Agreement (PSA) for trade in electricity between the two countries. Trading of electricity across the border is expected to benefit the towns of Oraba and Elegu in Uganda, and Kaya and Nimule in South Sudan. The signing of the sales agreements comes at a time when…
Govt Moves To Revive Cooperative Bank
Plans are underway to revive the Cooperative Bank, this is according to the State Minister for Cooperatives Fred Gume Ngoobi. Speaking at the launch of national celebrations to mark the International Cooperative Week at Lake Victoria Primary School- Entebbe, Ngoobi said a Cabinet paper to that effect has already been drawn and tabled. The Cooperative…