In a decisive initiative to tackle urban congestion and prioritize public safety, the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, has issued a compelling directive, ordering the prompt evacuation of all roadside vendors. While issuing this stringent directive on Friday at Uganda Media Center, Gen Katumba indicated that his objective is to improve…
Parliament has urged government to expeditiously release funds for donor-funded projects whose activities are ongoing. The directive follows the presentation of a report of the Committee on Finance, Planning, and Economic Development on unspent balances and the position of the Consolidated Fund as of 30 June 2023. The report was presented by the Committee Chairperson,…
Members of Parliament (MPs) have called on the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze, to fast track implementation of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 2022 as a way of curbing the use of substandard fishing gear. They said the law, if implemented, will also avert the recurrent alleged human rights violations…
The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Norbert Mao, has called for compensation of victims of brutality by security organs charged with policing the water bodies. Mao, who also chairs the Cabinet Standing Committee on Human Rights, said that reports of human rights violations in fishing communities are rampant and require due attention. “The…
The National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) party has tasked Ugandan government to come up with new electoral reforms before the next national elections. This was during their first press conference of 2024 which took place on January 29, 2024 at their party offices in Rubaga, Kampala. The party Spokesperson, Asuman Odaka called upon all political…
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has seized two trucks and a salon car transporting smuggled goods from Kenya to Uganda through Kityerela in the Mayuge district. This operation was carried out on January 30, and the intercepted items included Kitengi clothes, rolls of fabric, and 34 cartons of future phones of it2160 which were smuggled…
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) secretariat Senior manager for Communication and Public Relations, Rogers Mulindwa has clearly stated that no single money from the ruling party was stolen at the home of the Treasurer, Barbara Nekesa, and that there is no investigation ordered against her. Speaking to our reporter on Friday, Mr Mulindwa said the…
Officials from Buganda Land Board, the agency set up by Kabaka to manage the Kingdom’s land and properties have protested the move by Kampala Minister, Hajjat Minsa Kabanda to take over management of Kabaka’s Mulungu Landing Site in Munyonyo, Makindye Division. Recently, Hajjat Kabanda wrote to Makindye Deputy RCC, Ms Doreen Keita Kagabo giving directives…
Bishop Gustavo Larrazábal the auxilary bishop of San Juan de Cuyo in Argentina resigned, Wednesday, January 17, 2024, just three days before his installation and 35 days after Pope Francis appointed him as Bishop of Mar del Plata in eastern Argentina. This makes him the second Argentine bishop to resign in a row after the…
The matter in which the Kampala city businessman and company director at Taifa Partners Limited, Emmanuel Asiimwe is accused of forging and uttering false documents has been adjourned to February 9, 2024. Asiimwe appeared in court on Thursday before the Chief Magistrate – Buganda Road, His Worship Ronald Kayizzi with a new lawyer who sought…
