FDC Announces National Demo in Demand for February Election Audit
The opposition Forum for Democratic Change have announced a national demonstration calling for an independent review of last February’s Presidential elections. The party says its candidate Col Dr Kizza...
View ArticleBuganda Mps Unite Against Oulanyah
Members of Parliament from the Buganda Region have declared Monday morning, that they will be voting as a unit for incumbent Speaker of Parliament Hon Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga. Kadaga is facing stiff...
View Article37 Charged With Terrorism, Murder Over Rwenzori Violence
Over 37 people were last week charged for offences including terrorism, murder, attempted murder and arson in relation to the post- election violence in Rwenzori sub region last month Chimpreports...
View ArticleKadaga’s Opponent Withdraws Poll Petition
Deborah Mwesigwa Mugerwa who lost to the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga for Kamuli District Woman M P seat has withdrawn the petition she early this month logged in Jinja High court challenging...
View ArticleFDC Attacks Museveni: Leave Our Leaders Alone
Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) have attacked President Yoweri Museveni for ‘disrespectfully’ calling a meeting with the KCCA councilors-elects, most of them on the FDC ticket, without...
View ArticleStop Misusing My Name: Museveni Warns Speakership Contenders
President Yoweri Museveni has warned the candidates standing for the Speaker of 10th Parliament against misusing his name in the currently heated campaign for the legislature top job. Reports from the...
View ArticleBesigye Okays Demos to Sabotage Museveni Inauguration
Former FDC Presidential candidate Dr.Kizza Besigye has said he associates himself with upcoming demonstrations slated to sabotage the swearing in ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni on May 12 at...
View ArticleMachar Finally Arrives in Juba
The South Sudan rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon has finally landed in the country’s capital Juba which he fled in December 2013 and launched a rebellion. Dr. Machar left Gambella airport in...
View ArticleNRM CEC Finalizes Speaker Election Program
The Central Executive Committee of the National Resistance Movement has finalized plans for the party internal election of the 10th Parliament Speaker and the deputy. The two days CEC sitting at State...
View ArticleKabarole Rents Out Youth Centre To KIU
Kabarole district councilors have resolved to rent out the Youth Center building at Nyabukara in Boma to Kampala International University (KIU). In January, 2015 President Yoweri Museveni commissioned...
View ArticlePoliceman Fumbles While Pinning Besigye in Defiance Case
Senior Superintendent of Police David Ulama attached to the Field Force Unit on Tuesday afternoon testified before Kasangati Magistrates court against former FDC presidential candidate Dr. Kizza...
View ArticleNSSF’s Byarugaba Cautions Youths on Wasteful Spending
The Managing Director National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Mr. Richard Byarugaba has called on young people to embrace the habit of saving irrespective of their levels of income. He disapproved the...
View ArticleFamily Organizes Thanksgiving Service as ‘Save Carol’ Drive Continues
The family of Carol Atuhairwe who is battling cancer, has organized a thanksgiving ceremony to show gratitude to God and well-wishers for their contributions towards the treatment of their relative....
View ArticleUPC Supports MPs’ Tax Exemption
Opposition Uganda Peoples’ Congress (UPC) have said they are in full support of a ploy by members of parliament to exempt themselves from paying Income tax. The opposition party yesterday also charged...
View ArticleCabinet Clears Anti-Pornography Regulations to Ease Law Implementation
Cabinet has approved the 2015 Anti Pornography Regulations so as to ease the implementation the Anti-Pornography Act of 2014. The Minister of Information Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi told journalists in a...
View ArticleUganda Billionaire Thakkar Inspires Young Entrepreneurs
Ugandan raised entrepreneur-turned-billionaire Ashish J. Thakkar yesterday gave out words of encouragement to budding Ugandan young entrepreneurs at the sidelines of an oil and gas conference in...
View ArticleGov’t Must Take Prosecutors’ Protection Seriously – Chief Justice Katureebe
Legal practitioners want government to increase its funding to the justice system and step up the protection of prosecutors who face numerous threats in their line of work. They say that prosecutors...
View ArticleMuseveni Leaves for ‘Giants Club’ Summit in Kenya
President Yoweri Museveni has left for Laikipia, in neighboring Kenya where he is expected to join African leaders for the ‘Giants Club’ summit to tackle the elephant poaching crisis. At Entebbe...
View ArticleNational Youth Service Relaunched in Kenya
President Uhuru Kenyatta has relaunched the National Youth Service Youth Empowerment Programme with a warning that all officials charged with its implementation will be held liable for the loss of any...
View ArticleChief Justice to LDC Graduates: Don’t Compromise Ethics
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court His Lordship Bart Katureebe has urged young lawyers to uphold and observe high ethical standards while they endeavor to serve justice. He noted that successful...
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