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The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has clashed with state Minister for internal affairs General David Muhoozi after ordering him to work with greater Masaka politicians and beef up security with the different security agencies in a bid to end the current wave of killings there. Among made the directive following a lengthy debate…
The High Court in Soroti has nullified the election of Moses Okia Attan as the Soroti City East Member of Parliament. In her ruling delivered this morning, Justice Anne Mugenyi Bitature said the election of Attan was conducted in non-existent wards of Aloet and Opiyai. Her decision was based on the March 10, 2021 High…
Former Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda,73, has dismissed reports indicating he will be a candidate for Presidential elections in 2026. “I have read social media postings and suggestions that I should run for President in 2026. I would like to make it known that I have no such intentions or plans,” he said in a…
The Parliament of Uganda has started moving some of its staff to tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia’s Kingdom Kampala Mall. According to the communication from the Clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige, the transition to move staff is planned to “With effect from Thursday September 2, 2021, parliamentary staff have been directed to move to the Kingdom Kampala,…
Deputy Resident City Commissioner (RCC) of Nakawa Division Anderson Burora has been transferred to Rubaga division in a mysterious move. Burora has been in Nakawa office for three years. He shot to spotlight while enforcing Covid-19 health guidelines when the pandemic erupted last year. In his bid to crackdown violators of Presidential directives, Burora recently…
The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has praised the Police for rescuing 14 girls who were held by a local non-governmental organization. Workers MP, Hon Margaret Rwabushaija in July informed the House that she had got reports that young girls were being held and allegedly forced to to sleep with dogs in a home in Muyenga,…
Police Thursday fired bullets and teargas at Barbie Kyagulanyi, the wife of National Unity Platform president Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. Barbie and NUP MPs had gone to Nakaseke hospital to deliver relief items to teenage mothers. Barbie has been delivering Mama kits to pregnant mothers. This time she visited Nakaseke hospital where police intercepted…
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has urged military to emulate fallen Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) Lt. Gen. Pecos Kutesa. “We send our condolences to their families to the forces and to the country.These two officers represent two worlds,”Hon Ssemujju said. Lt. Gen. Pecos Kutesa is one of the few young educated Ugandans that…
President Yoweri Museveni has appointed former Ethics and Integrity Minister, Hon Fr. Simon Lokodo as a commissioner for Uganda Human Rights Commission. UHRC remained incomplete after the death of former chair person Med Kaggwa. He collapsed in his car, moments after leaving his home in Mulago, on the outskirts of Kampala. He was moments later…
Over the weekend, we began a fourth week since Mr. Museveni relaxed lockdown measures. Life in the country has returned to normal. Even sectors that were supposed to remain closed according to President Yoweri Museveni, have slowly re-opened themselves. The only bars that were not operating this weekend, are the ones with no customers. While…
