Election Petition: Chief Justice Warns Media on ‘Spinning’
The Chief Justice Bart Katureebe has warned the media fraternity about using their freedom in ways that are not tolerable. The warning followed a complaint raised by Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa...
View ArticleFDC Introduces Blue Friday Campaign
Days after opposition Forum For Democratic Change (FDC) announced a boycott on supporters of the ruling government as well as artists, a new campaign has been rolled out. In the old campaign dubbed...
View ArticleEC’s Kiggundu Quizzed Over Presidential Election Results
Electoral Commission chairman Eng. Dr.Badru Kiggundu was on Monday morning on the receiving end of a barrage of questions regarding the transparency of the recently concluded elections, from lawyers...
View ArticleDeputy MD Ssali Drags NSSF to Court Over Forced Leave
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Deputy Managing Director Mrs. Geraldine Ssali Busuulwa has rushed to the High Court challenging the pension body’s recent decision to send her on a forced...
View ArticleMbabazi Petition: Why Supreme Court Accepted Makerere Dons
The Supreme Court has accepted the application by the 9 Makerere law dons seeking to join the Amama Mbabazi petition as amicus curiae (friends of court). Justice Lillian Tibatemwa in her ruling said...
View ArticleMbabazi Lawyers Pin Electoral Commission on DR Forms
As the hearing of the Presidential petition in which former Presidential aspirant Amama Mbabazi disputes the election results carries on, his lawyers have accused the Electoral Commission for relying...
View ArticlePig Dumping Youth Group to March to City Center
A group of unemployed youths under the “Jobless Brotherhood” are organizing a peaceful march into the city center in protest against the February Presidential elections. Addressing press in Kampala on...
View ArticleMuseveni Anxious: “Trump Might Kill US-Uganda Trade Relations”
China, South Korea, Canada and others are not the only economies greatly anxious about their future trade relations with the United States if Republican front runner Donald trump is elected into the...
View ArticleKasese Conflict: Bad Blood Worsens Between Kayihura, MP Kiiza
A wide rift is developing between Kasese Woman Member of Parliament Hon Winnie Kiiza, and Inspector General of Police Gen Edward Kale Kayihura. Despite calling her “my good friend Winnie,” the ties...
View ArticleKabale Truck Driver Becomes First Victim of Rift Valley Fever
A truck driver from Burundi has become the first victim of the contagious rift valley fever that broke out in Kabale district last week. Issa Ndimurukundo died on Tuesday evening at Kabale Regional...
View ArticleKasese Shootings: DP Weighs Criminal Proceedings Against Kayihura, Akol
Democratic Party (DP) has threatened to open up criminal proceedings against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Gen. Kale Kayihura and the Internal Affairs Minister, Rose Akol over the recent...
View ArticlePolice Officer Kills 2 Civilians in Kiruhura
A Police officer in Kazo County in Kiruhura district is being held for shooting and killing two civilians who he accused of causing insecurity around a police station. The officer identified as Sam...
View ArticleMuseveni Denies Buying Voters, Abusing Mbabazi
Lawyers representing President Museveni on Wednesday morning started responding to evidence and submissions of Amama Mbabazi’s lawyers in the presidential election petition. In the morning session, the...
View ArticleMP Kawooya Wants Term Extension for NRM EC
The National Resistance Movement party Caucus sitting at the National Leadership Institute Kyankwanzi this week heard a proposal to increase from 5 to 7 years the term of its Electoral Commission. The...
View ArticleUganda, UN Agencies Join Hands in Decisive Malaria Fight
The United States President’s Malaria Initiative, led by the U.S. Agency for International Development, has joined forces with the Government of Uganda in the battle against malaria by donating more...
View ArticleMuseveni: Late Kasami Restored Uganda’s Economy
President Yoweri Museveni has disclosed that the Late Former Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance Christopher Kassami did a vital role in the growth and development of Uganda’s economy. The...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: 2 Quietly Vie for Deputy Speaker
As the country shifts attention to the oncoming 450 strong 10th Parliament, it is now common knowledge that the incumbent Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and her Deputy Jacob Oulanyah are battling for the top...
View ArticleKayihura Dismantles Kasese Police Command; Kirumira Returns to Kampala
In the wake of the fatal shootings in the Rwenzori Region where six people lost their lives and police officers sustained injuries, the Inspector General of Police has made an impromptu reshuffle in...
View ArticleNo Salary Increment for MPs This Term – Orders Museveni
The newly elected 10th Parliament will not see on its floor a proposal for have the salaries of Members enhanced as has been the tradition; at least from a National Resistance Movement leaning member....
View ArticleUganda Police Has Lost People’s Trust – Mbarara RDC
The Deputy Resident District Commissioner Vincent Kamugisha has said that the Uganda Police Force has itself to blame for the level of insecurity in different parts of the country that appears to be...
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