By Our Reporter Parliament: Women rights activists under the “Uganda Women Human Rights Defenders” have decried the increasing harassment by law enforcement officers saying some of their members have been forced to abandon their work. The activists are concerned that Police disbands their gatherings on noble causes. The Network’s Executive Director Brenda Kugonza narrated a…
By Aaron Asiimwe Kampala: The United States Envoy to Uganda Mrs Deborah Ruth Malac term came to an end and we can truly confirm that unless further instructions from Washington DC, the US Ambassador is soon waving goodbye from the pearl of Africa. We learnt about Malac’s last days in Uganda when she visited the…
By Aaron Asiimwe Kampala: The minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and National Guidance Frank Kagyigyi Tumwebaze on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, conducted an inspection survey to the national ICT Innovation Hub in Nakawa Division, a Kampala suburb. The hub – according to the ICT and National Guidance Minister, Frank Tumwebaze, will serve as…
By Aaron Asiimwe Kasese: Following a heavy downpour that damaged the Katunguru Bridge which connects Kasese and Rubirizi Districts, the Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) has closed Katunguru Bridge to avoid accidents and loss of lives. In a statement issued yesterday, Unra said traffic, especially of buses and trucks, would be diverted to allow repairs…
By Staff Writer Kampala: Uganda’s Second Deputy Prime Minister, and also the East African Community Affairs Minister Al-Haj Kirunda Kiveijinja has on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, revealed that the East African Community (EAC) will not intervene in the dispute between Uganda and Rwanda. Kiveijinja said they received assurance from the Ugandan and Rwandan presidents indicating…
The Minister for Health, Dr Ruth Aceng has said that medical interns are not entitled to a salary. Presenting a statement to Parliament on the actions taken on the prayers contained in the petition by the federation of medical interns, Aceng said that Medical interns are not civil servants because they have not been recruited…
Senior commanders and directors under Land Forces of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) have completed a two day basic and combat fitness tests conducted at Land Forces headquarters in Bombo, Luwero district. The exercise was supervised by fitness experts from UPDF’s Chieftaincy of Medical Services and Directorate of Sports. The participants included the Commander…
The Success Journey of the Youthful, C.E.O of Haruna Enterprises (U) Ltd In 2005, with accumulated personal savings, Sentongo Haruna Segawa acquired a furniture store on Ben Kiwanuka Road, in Kampala and started importing furniture from China and would distribute it to homes, offices and hotels in the entire great lakes region. In 2007 he…
The scandal at Kampala Capital City Authority deepens. The latest is of another Director of Human Resources who has tendered in his resignation. Mr.Richard Lule joins a long chain of other directors who have left the organisation the most recent being Mr.kabugo of Treasury and Revenue services. The Capital Times has also learnt that Mr.Kabugo …
Uganda Police Force and sister security agencies have arrested a group of secondary teachers at Waterford Primary Nabisunsa (holiday coaching center for students) for wooing young boys into acts of homosexuality. Vincent Sekatte the Criminal Investigations Unit (CID) Spokesperson says Police detectives arrested Mukasa Emmanuel and three others at the coaching centre in response to…
