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Hussein Lumumba Amin, the son of Former Ugandan President Gen. Iddi Amin Dada has said, it was his late father’s favourable laws and good governance that enabled Investors and departed Asian-Ugandan such as City Mogul Dr Sudhir Ruparelia and others to return and invest in the Pearl Of Africa-Uganda. Lumumba, made these remarks in a…
A joint security team has searched the offices of former security minister also a presidential aspirant, Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde. The search at Tumukunde’s premises was conducted by the elite Special Forces Command (SFC), Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force (JATT), Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) and Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID). CID director AIGP Grace Akullo spearheaded…
A fierce succession battle has erupted at State House over who will take over power in 2021, after retired Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde declaring his intentions to contest for the presidency. Gen. Tumukunde, a former Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Spy Chief, who also served as minister for security a few years back in president Museveni’s…
By Agencies President Pierre Nkurunziza has on March 13, 2020 effectively became Burundi’s Supreme Leader for life and will get a take-home package worth Bfw1 billion ($526,990). Mr. Nkurunziza overstayed his welcome for at least five years by extending his tenure for an unconstitutional third term in 2015. However, as it stands now, Nkurunziza is…
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has advised legislators to avoid traveling abroad as a measure of curbing the spread of the corona virus in Uganda. “I want to urge members to desist from traveling because things are really happening. Unless it is necessary, let us stay put in our country because even on the…
Earlier in the day, the lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, approved the presidential bill on the amendment to the national constitution. The upper house of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, approved on Wednesday the presidential bill on amending the national constitution. The bill envisions new requirements to the president and officials of…
The Kilak North MP, Anthony Akol has been ejected from parliament and advised to self-quarantine after travelling to South Africa and South Korea, countries that have registered several cases of corona virus outbreak. Akol gave himself away as he questioned the ministry of Health’s statement on screening of travelers for corona virus at Entebbe airport.…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has allowed former minister for security Lt. Gen. (rtd.) Henry Tumukunde to carry out consultations for his presidential bid. In a March 4th letter signed by EC Chairman Justice Simon Byabakama, Gen. Tumukunde has been advised to go and do town hall consultations and meetings with his supporters with out doing…
Legislators have warned government to resist the temptation of using the plight of Ugandan students quarantined in Wuhan, China over Corona Virus, to defraud tax payers. The concern was raised by Ayivu County MP, Bernard Atiku, who claimed that the Ministry of Finance had sent up to $600,000 to Uganda’s Embassy over and above the…
The European Union (EU) has banned its officials from travelling over the outbreak of coronavirus that has hit several countries mostly in Asia and Europe. The EU decision comes when Uganda is hosting the first Uganda EU business forum (March 9 to March 10). Officials from the union say the decision was taken as a…
