The Government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo has suggested renaming Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park back to an indigenous name. According to Opondo, the country cannot be celebrating that a game Park here was named after a monarch miles and miles away. He suggested they adopt the original name, Kazinga National Park. This followed the death of…
Lawmakers on the Committee on Finance yesterday threw out officials from the Ministry of Finance after they failed to avail detailed requisite documents on the latest update on budget cuts and the government’s latest plan on tax waivers alongside other supporting details. The team from the Ministry of Finance led by the State Minister for…
The Magistrate’s court in Masaka has ruled that Laetitia Nakimbugwe, a mistress involved in a property dispute with former vice president Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi does not have rights over his fortune. Nakimbugwe was dragged to court by Victoria Nawangi, an appointed administrator of Ssekandi’s properties. Nawangi challenged Nakimbugwe’s occupancy of a commercial building on plot…
Bukoto South Member of Parliament, Twaha Kagabo has in a twist of events apologized to fellow legislators for “causing an impasse” in regard to the 40 million Shillings that he recently attempted to return to return to parliament. National Unity Party President Robert Kyagulanyi had said MPs had received 40million shillings each irregularly and ordered those belonging…
Safia Nalule Juuko, who is the Chairperson Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has landed in fresh trouble after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ordering an investigation into allegations that she is plotting together with other people to reinstate interdicted Lawrence Mpitsi Pac Mujuni, as Secretary of the Commission. It should be noted that Mpitsi was together with…
SAN FRANCISCO — The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has urged Ugandans in the diaspora to love their country and come up with solutions to solve the problem in Uganda other than looking out for and hyping negativity about Uganda. Hon Tayebwa made the remarks while speaking to Ugandans in the diaspora who are…
Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Grace Akullo has bounced back in the police Force after President Museveni renewed her contract. AIGP Akullo, who joined the police in 2001, in a message to her colleagues on July 26, “handed over [the] office of the director of Interpol and international relations” while also “mark[ing] the end…
More than 1,000 people have been displaced by floods in Kamutur sub county, Bukedea district. The floods have also washed away 344 pit latrines and more than 12,000 gardens after River Atari burst its banks on Monday. Joyce Chemeri, a resident in Amutur village says she had to seek shelter with her family in the…
The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has said that about seven trillion shillings is locked up in undissolved disputes before the Commercial Division of the High Court. Owiny-Dollo revealed this while delivering the Annual Performance Report of the Judiciary at the High Court in Kampala on Wednesday. He said the monies are tied up due to…
TotalEnergies EP Uganda has this week reiterated its commitment to supporting sustainable and inclusive economic growth through income generating activities by the Tilenga project community. The company has provided start-up kits to Project Affected Persons (PAPs) under Resettlement Action Plan 1 (RAP 1) to setup income generating activities in a bid to elevate their ability…
