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There was drama at the Sheema District Council Hall on Tuesday March, 3, 2020 when the District Woman Representative Sheema District, Hon. Jacklet Atuhaire Rwabukurukuru called for a consultative meeting with Local Government leadership from LC III, District Technical Team led by the Chief Adminstrative Officer (CAO) and District Resident District Commissioner (RDC). This website…
By Agencies The novel coronavirus disease was first detected in Wuhan in China’s Hubei province in late December 2019 and has since spread worldwide. The number of people infected globally has surpassed 98,700, with more than 3,300 fatalities. Over 55,400 people have recovered. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said on Friday, as quoted…
Kyadondo East Legislator and leader of the pressure group “People Power Movement” Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine has told first Son, Gen. Muhoozi Keinerugaba to forget any form of negotiations with him, until the state lifts all restrictions to his liberties. Bobi Wine was responding to a message Gen. Muhoozi posted on social…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame recently dropped seasoned Ugandan journalist Andrew Mwenda from his list of advisors. Andrew Mwenda who was appointed to the 23-man Presidential Advisory Committee (PAC) in 2011 during one of their annual meetings in NewYork, USA, was dropped over ‘diplomatic reasons’ in the changes by President Kagame that saw six new faces…
The Lubaga North councilor, Abubakar Kawalya has won the polls for the election of the pioneer speaker of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA). He was declared winner by the Buganda Road Chief magistrate, Miriam Ayo Okello who presided over the polls. According to Ayo, Kawalya polled 17 votes beating his rival and Makerere University councilor,…
The elderly have petitioned the Speaker Rt Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, seeking representation in Parliament of Uganda. In their petition presented on 05 March by the National Council for Older Persons and the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), the senior citizens said that they have been marginalised for long. The Chairperson of the EOC, Sylvia Muwebwa said…
Lawmakers on the Public Accounts Committee gave grilled the former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Kagole Kivumbi over a Shs343 million payment to the Chief Justice, Bart Katureebe and Deputy Chief Justice, Alphonse Owiny Dollo meant for foreign travels in the financial year 2018/2019. The Committee chaired by Hon. Nandala Mafabi was Wednesday,…
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) vice chairperson for eastern Uganda, Capt Mike Mukula, has criticised the former Security minister, Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde, for deciding to contest for presidency and warned him that he should be prepared to face the full might of the ruling party. Capt Mukula said yesterday that Lt Gen Tumukunde, who…
Former Security Minister Lt Gen. Henry Tumukunde has notified the Electoral Commission of his intention to run for the Presidency come 2021. In a March 3, 2020 letter received by the Electoral Commission, a copy of which was seen by the publication, Gen Tumukunde says he intends to carry out countrywide consultations ahead of the…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said that it is not aware about presidential hopeful and Kyadondo East legislator Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu’s on-going woes with police. Police on Monday last week halted Kyagulanyi’s presidential consultation meeting at Pope Paul Memorial Center in Kampala on grounds that Kyagulanyi had failed to submit strategies like they had earlier…
