The elderly have petitioned the Speaker Rt Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, seeking representation in Parliament of Uganda. In their petition presented on 05 March by the National Council for Older Persons and the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), the senior citizens said that they have been marginalised for long. The Chairperson of the EOC, Sylvia Muwebwa said…
Metropolitan Police in Kawempe, have arrested a bricklayer on accusations of killing his seven-year-old daughter over failure to do homework. The suspect, who is a resident of Jinja–Karoli in Kawempe Division in Kampala, allegedly returned home from his bricklaying routine on Monday at 7pm and asked his daughter Irene Nambalirwa whether she had done homework.…
The Ministry Health has said that all the four foreign nationals under isolation at Entebbe International Airport have tested negative for coronavirus. “Test results for samples obtained from the four foreign nationals (One French and three Chinese) are Negative of COVID-19,” the ministry’s Senior Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ainebyoona said on Monday hours after they were picked…
Makerere University Vice Chancellor, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe, says that he not ready to relent on his mission to restore discipline at the country’s prime university. He said on Friday that a section of staff and students have been underestimating his administration but vowed to punish university staff who engage in activities that are likely to…
The President of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged Ugandans to stop shaking hands as a precaution to avoid contracting the deadly Coronavirus that is spreading to various countries across the world. “Now as the Ministry of health guides us, let us take a personal decision not to shake hands unnecessarily or expose ourselves to…
The State Minister for animal husbandry Hon Bright Kanyontore Rwamirama has been airlifted to Nakasero Hospital in critical condition. A family member told this reporter on condition of anonymity that Mr. Rwamirama who was in Karamoja where he had gone to supervise the locust exercise collapsed in the late hours of Friday February 28, 2019.…
The mother of a 22-year-old Ugandan student who died in China on Thursday has said she had been communicating with him daily and would have told her if he was troubled. Shafiq Mbogo, a fourth year private student pursuing bachelor’s degree in International Business and Trade at Shenyang University in Shenyang City, the capital of…
Following the current political situation in Uganda, Socialite Shanitah Namuyimbwa alias Bad Black has took on her social media platforms and penned a quitting letter to the Kyadondo East Legislator Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu who doubles as the leader of the pressure group ‘People Power’. Bad Black through her Facebook account, Chanitah Ptt, argues that Bobi…
The Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA) has started its savings and credit Sacco with focus on improving journalists’ welfare. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga who presided at the launch of the Sacco warned journalists against unprofessional conduct saying their trade thrives on good will and public confidence. “We expect you to be objective and impartial in your…
Following the blocking of a meeting organised by Kasese Municipality MP, Hon. Robert Centenary in his constituency, Members of Parliament want an explanation from the Executive on the continued actions of the Uganda Police Force. The legislators are also concerned about the police actions of barring Members of Parliament from attending meetings organized in constituencies…
