Fire has gutted the agri-chemicals and equipment central store of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animals Industries and Fisheries along Buganda road in Wandegeya in Kampala. The store shares the same compound with the Uganda Trypanosomiasis Control Council and Uganda Veterinary Board offices. Eyewitnesses say the fire spread from a small heap of garbage that was being burnt behind…
Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has guided that the Departed Asians’ Property Custodians Board (DAPCB) has no power to deal with any property for which the Finance Minister has issued a certificate of repossession. In a March 11 letter to the Finance Minister Matia Kasaija in the wake of the debate that has been on-going regarding…
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an election appeal filed by Hamis Musoke Walusimbi who was seeking to overturn the victory of Nansana Municipality Member of Parliament Hannington Nsereko Wakayima Musoke. Walusimbi had taken Wakayima to the Appeals court, claiming that he did not the required academic documents while the name discrepancies on several of…
By Byamukama Richard Kampala: With Russia’s entanglements and engagements in the war with the Ukraine and most probably or sooner, NATO and it allies, coupled with the global economic sanctions that could deeply hit the economy of the former Soviet power and it’s overseas projects being frozen, there’s a deep worry on the process of…
By Dr Okodan Akwap Kampala: Government is right to partner with local businessman Sudhir Ruparelia to build an ultra-modern conference facility for holding topnotch meetings, such as the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement summit. But government can do something even better – partnering with Sudhir to reopen Crane Bank, which was closed by Bank of Uganda (BoU)…
The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka says social media plays role in misleading investigations which has seen suspects go free. The Attorney General who appeared before the Human Rights Committee on Thursday, 17 March 2022 said that social media has become the “actual truth”. “It is becoming very difficult to prosecute or even investigate cases. Today,…
The International Monetary Fund-IMF, has given Uganda a clean bill of health regarding the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the funds and the economy as a whole. For this, the Fund’s board has allowed for the immediate release of 127 million US Dollars (about 455 billion Shillings) for the country as part of the Extended…
The son of President Yoweri Museveni, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has announced his retirement from the army. The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Commander Land Forces Gen Muhoozi announced this via his Twitter on Tuesday March 8, 2022. “After 28 years of service in my glorious military, the greatest military in the world, I am…
Drama ensued at Parliament on Thursday February 24th, 2022 after the Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Mrs. Mariam Wagandya, appeared before the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights and failed to present the findings of the Commission on torture and arbitrary detention of several Ugandans. Wangadya appeared before the Committee following the directive…
A section of Ugandans has woken up to a debate on Twitter questioning whether Entebbe International Airport has been rebranded to Huen Airport. One of the notable Ugandans that have been engrossed in this twitter debate is NTV media personality Andrew Kyamagero who tweeted, “Go to google and type “Huen airport” see the results and…
