The Uganda Electoral Commission has disqualified the National Unity Platform-NUP central youth parliamentary candidate from the ongoing elections at the National Teacher’s College in Mubende district. The Central and Southern Region Regional Elections Officer, Robert Baine, said the NUP candidate, Moses Kasule used a voter outside the Electoral College to back his candidature. Kasule’s troubles…
Police in Kabale district have recovered a gun which was earlier stolen from one of their officer s who was on duty at the offices of the electoral commission. According to Elly Maate the Kigezi region police spokesperson, the gun was found with three suspects who are currently detained at Kabale central police station. Maate identified…
The appellate judges handling the Ham Vs DTB that include: The Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, Justice Kenneth Kakuru and Justice Christopher Izama Madrama have strongly warned and cautioned parties involved to desist from trying to compromise the judiciary. It should be known that Diamond Trust Bank appealed the October 2020 High Court judgement, since…
The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has approved Premier Recruitment Limited’s request to export labour hence providing employment opportunities to Ugandans who want to work abroad. According to a letter from Lawrence Egulu, on behalf of the ministry’s permanent secretary, they have evaluated and approved Premier Recruitment Limited to export 200 workers to…
Anger is boiling up among the external recruitment agencies in Uganda after the government asked them to help fund the cash trapped Uganda Embassy in Saudi Arabia to help handle the distressed migrant workers. According to Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA) Chairman Baker Akantambira, the Ugandan Embassy in Saudi Arabia has run out…
The newly elected President of Uganda Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni has warned Ugandans against engaging in violence, as discontent continues over the country’s electoral process. There has been agitation in Uganda and elsewhere about the outcome of the election which gave Museveni, a candidate for the National Resistance Movement-NRM, a win over his main challenger…
The chairperson of Finance Committee of Parliament Hon. Henry Musasizi is suspicious that the government could be siphoning funds meant for the recapitalization of the Central Bank. He disclosed his suspicions during a meeting between legislators on the Budget Committee, officials from the Ministry of Finance and the National Planning Authority led by Finance Minister,…
The Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija is hunting for sh165bn to avail Parliament a budget for MPs motor vehicle allowances in the 11th Parliament. Divided by about 520 MPs, each is expected to pocket closet to sh320million in vehicle allowances. Minister Kasaija said that even if the 165 billion expenditure for cars is not yet funded,…
The Government of Uganda is planning to borrow over Shs10.3trillion from external lenders in the FY2021/22 that starts in July. This website can confirm that according to the latest Budget Framework Paper, maintaining the country’s momentum towards the debt crisis level, the new loans are intended to plug the project revenue shortfalls to fund the…
The European Union has joined a growing number of international voices calling for a probe into Ugandan election abuses and violence that left more than 40 people dead in the lead up to the polls. Opposition candidates were harassed by security forces, the media was suppressed by the government, and observers’ offices were raided, said…
