Former Kampala Mayoral candidate John Ssenseko Kulubya has died at the age of 85. Kulubya succumbed Pneumonia, according to reports. Kulubya, was an engineer, businessman, and politician in Uganda who was reported in 2012 to be one of the wealthiest people in the country. On June 21, 1999, he lost the mayoral race to John…
The Criminal Investigations Directorate has kicked off investigations into alleged death threats against the State Minister for Privatisation Evelyn Anite. Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga while addressing journalists on Monday revealed that another team has been deployed to protect the minister. The teams investigating the minister’s claims and in charge of her security are drawn from…
YY coach services following a spate of accidents in just a month have compelled them to first put their hands off as they try to find a solution to the unending causes of accidents on road by their drivers and buses. The company has 50 buses plying different routes in Eastern and Northern parts of…
UPDF in conjunction with National Defence Canada Directorate of Military Training and Cooperation (DMTC) has organized the First Ever International Training Conference for Women in Military; Women Peace and Security, with the sole aim of Bolstering and Promoting the Integration of Women and General Consideration of Gender in the Military Circles. The workshop which started…
The Minister for Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, has told MPs on the Committee of National Economy that there are many health workers who have been trained with specialist skills and have left the country to take on jobs in health sectors in other countries that offer a better salary. “I lobbied before that specialists…
The Security Minister, Gen Elly Tumwine, has requested Parliament to come to terms on which way the safe houses commonly known as ”detention centers” are to be run. “Madam Speaker, I wish to mention that a safe house is a secure place used for intelligence work, all intelligence and security agencies world over operate safe…
The Ambassador of the United States of America to Uganda Her Excellence Deborah Malac, has handed over the prefabricated medicine stores to the UPDF 1infantry Division headquarters at Kakiri Wakiso district. In a colorful ceremony, spiced by the UPDF brass band, keys to 13 other stores were handed over to Chief Administration Officers of the…
Who is the Speaker? Who is she? What is Parliament? The Speaker rules over Parliament. She does not rule over Uganda. This country was liberated by the military but not her Parliament. Don’t tell me about your Speaker and your Parliament. The army cannot be directed by civilians,” Gen Tumwine allegedly told a fellow Member…
The Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has summoned the Central Bank Governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, to answer queries of loss of property during the closure of seven commercial banks. The summons follows the failure by the Governor to appear before the Committee on three occasions. Mutebile was invited to appear…
Government has not dropped the idea of carrying out an inquest into the death of former Butaleja district woman representative, Cerinah Nebanda, despite the arrest and conviction of a key suspect in her death five years ago. The Deputy Attorney General, Hon. Mwesigwa Rukutana, told Parliament that the inquest was hampered by the Director of…
