The Uganda Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa has revealed that internet shutdown by the government during the just concluded presidential and parliamentary elections helped to prevent the incitement of violence and use of malicious language. The minister made remarks while presenting a formal brief to Heads of Diplomatic Missions and International organizations on Wednesday at…
Rogers Ssemakula, one of the National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters and resident of Kabembe in Kyampisi Sub County in Mukono district who went missing on the eve of the presidential and parliamentary elections, has been found dead. His body was recovered from Kiyunga forest by a team of NUP supporters following days of searching. Ssemakula,’s…
The Ugandan authorities must immediately lift the police and military siege of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi’s home and release him and his wife Barbara Itungo Amnesty International said as the post-election blockade entered its 7th day. Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine was declared runner-up by the Electoral Commission in last week’s presidential election,…
On January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn into office in an inauguration ceremony that looked unlike any other in American history. In light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and heightened security concerns, there weren’t hundreds of thousand of guests watching from grandstands at the Capitol or packed shoulder-to-shoulder…
The Katikkiro of Buganda Kingdom Charles Peter Mayiga has dismissed the talk of sectarian voting in Buganda during the presidential and parliamentary elections. According to Mayiga, many issues need to be addressed in Buganda including the broken health system, poverty, unemployment and the unsatisfactory education system which might be some of the reasons the ruling…
Fastest growing Premier Recruitment Ltd has over the weekend and today (Tuesday) January 19, 2020 flagged off 29 male Ugandans to work as Facility Cleaners in Qatar as well as 39 young ladies to work as domestic workers in Riyadh –Saudi Arabia under Saudi based prestigious Enaya Recruitment Agency respectively. The 29 boys deployed to…
Ugandans on Thursday January 14th 2021 went into election to choose the president and parliamentarians. Here is a full list of the 529 Members of the 11th Parliament….
Premier Recruitment Limited has again sourced over 50 jobs for Ugandan youths skilled in plumbing, painting, and carpentry in a bid to curb unemployment in the country. According to the company, those who will be vetted through the interview process will be deployed to Qatar where they will execute their duties. The company added that…
Aine Godfrey Kaguta Sodo, President Museveni’s youngest brother has stepped down from Mawogola North MP race One day to the D-day (Polling day). Sodo was in a neck to neck race with Minister Sam Kuteesa’s daughter Shartsi Musherure in Sembabules Mawogola North Parliamentary seat. The two first competed for NRM ticket and failed to agree…
Uganda police Public Relation Officer (PRO) CP Fred Enanga has revealed that they have credible information that National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine plans to go into hiding in one of the Embassies, immediately after casting his vote. In a statement released today, “We also have credible intelligence that…
