Mutabazi: I Don’t Know Frank Gashumba
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Executive Director Godfrey Mutabazi has distanced himself from social media critic Frank Gashumba’s woes. Gashumba today Friday said he had been put into police...
View ArticleFufa Suspend Balikowa for Cancelling Express Goal
Barely a month after William Oloya was suspended for poor officiation, the referees committee has again cracked the whip on Musa Balikoowa Ngobi. Ngobi was the second assistant referee for match number...
View ArticleNSSF’s Byarugaba Defends Museveni’s Jerrycan Irrigation Method
NSSF’s Executive Director Richard Byarugaba has defended President Yoweri Museveni’s ‘jerrycan and bottle’ irrigation method which has generated mixed reactions from the public. In the method which...
View ArticleIsingiro Calamity: District Chairman Arrested
The chairman LC 5 for Isingiro district has been arrested for violating the ministers’ orders on a quarantine imposed on the district. Chairman Jeremiah Kamurali who sternly opposed the near 15 year...
View ArticleJanet Isn’t Fit for Education Ministry – Besigye
Col Dr Kizza Besigye, the former FDC Presidential candidate has blamed the current problems of Makerere University on “bad leadership” at the Education Ministry, which headed by First Lady Janet...
View ArticleCourt Clears Government to Close 63 Bridge Academy Schools
The High court in Kampala has cleared the Ministry of Education’s decision to close 63 Bridge International Academies countrywide, for operating in contravention of the law. Justice Patricia Basaza...
View ArticleBuild More Jails: Besigye Tips Government After Gashumba Arrest
Following the arrest of Sisimuka Uganda’s Executive Director, Frank Gashumba, FDC’s former party president, Dr. Kiiza Besigye has advised government to build more prisons since more Ugandans affirm to...
View ArticleKato Lubwama Wins First Round in Academic Papers Case
Lubaga South Division MP Elect Kato Lubwama and his supporters erupted in celebration at the Kampala High Court’s Civil Division this afternoon, after his the court dismissed an application filed...
View ArticleAngry Museveni Warns Lecturers on Holding Government to Ransom
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has Friday warned lecturers in government universities that government will not let them hold it to ransom over matters that affect them. President Museveni sounded the...
View ArticleFWEL: Ajax Queens Defeat 10-man Eastern Heroes
Fufa Women Elite league Ajax Queens 1-0 Eastern Heroes Ajax Queens claimed maximum points on the opening day of the Fufa Women Elite league after edging past Eastern Heroes in the game played at Onward...
View ArticleTanzania to Adopt Uganda’s Refugee Management Model
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has pledged continuous partnership with the East African Community (EAC) to address issues of migration within East Africa. IOM’s Regional Director...
View ArticleHippos Attack Mbarara Town
Uganda Wildlife Authorities officials have been called in by locals in Mbarara to track down an unknown number of hippos that have been on rampage in the area. The hippos are said to have been on the...
View ArticleNew Authority Unveiled to Fight Cartels in East Africa
The five newly appointed Commissioners of the East African Community Competition Authority (EACCA) have been sworn in at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The appointed Commissioners were...
View ArticleRwanda Police Arrest 3 in Rwf1bn Tax Scam
Rwanda National Police (RNP) has paraded three men who were arrested in connection with evading taxes amounting to Rwf1 billion. The suspects are alleged to have manipulated the Electronic Billing...
View ArticleKenyatta Rallies African Diplomats to Back Amina for AU Top Job
President Uhuru Kenyatta this week formally launched Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amb Amina Mohamed’s candidature to become the African Union chairperson. The President launched the bid at a...
View ArticleKenyatta: Jubilee Won’t be Derailed by Opposition Propaganda
President Uhuru Kenyatta has said propaganda and falsehoods by the opposition will at no time derail Jubilees development agenda for the country. He criticized the opposition for weaving scandals and...
View ArticleCourted MPs Want Shs. 1.5 Billion to Back Age Limit Bill
The government is expected to bring to Parliament a number of bills to amend the Constitution and the most notable is the one to remove the presidential age limit currently at 75 years. In August,...
View ArticleParliament Recalled to Eulogize Gen. Oketta on Monday
The Parliament is set to call back its members from recess to converge on Monday to pay their last respect to the departed Maj. Gen. Julius Oketta. Gen. Oketta who was until today serving as the Vice...
View ArticleIbanda: Bar, Restaurant Workers to Work Only on Contract
The western Ibanda district leadership has issued a directive to restaurants and bar owners to start hiring workers after signing contracts with them. The directive is aimed at countering the reported...
View ArticleWealth Creation: Museveni Tours Kigezi
President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday took his Operation Wealth Creation tour to Kabale in the Kigezi sub region, where he launched a Ugx 64 million solar irrigation project. The project was donated to...
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