Hima Cement Breaks Ground for New Plant in Tororo
Hima Cement has broken ground on the construction of a $40 million Grinding Station in Tororo with the plant scheduled to commence production in 2018. On completion, the new plant will increase Hima...
View ArticleParliaments Amends EALA Election Rules to Provide for Special Interest Groups
Parliament has Thursday passed amendments to the election of the nine members to the East African Legislative Assembly to consider interest groups. This followed a report by the Committee on Rules and...
View ArticleParliament Slams Nagenda on Kavuma ‘Stupid’ Order
As parliament prepares next week to start investigating the Shs. 6billion Presidential Handshake bonuses, Parliament has come out to respond to negative comments directed at the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga,...
View ArticleParliament Report Pins Judiciary on Overcrowded Prisons
The new report by the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Internal Affairs on the state of Prisons in Uganda blames the judiciary for the increased congestion in prisons in the country, housing up...
View ArticleDemocracy is Africa’s Problem not ICC – Legal Practitioners
Legal scholars and practitioners have criticized African states for ‘posturing’ to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) instead of building strong criminal justice systems. They argued...
View ArticleFive M23 Ex Combatants Arrested in Kisoro
Security operatives in the western district of Kisoro have intercepted 5 former M23 combatants suspected to be headed for the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sergeant Erick Munezero, Captain Roger...
View ArticleUN Sends New Representative to South Sudan
The United Nations has sent a new Special Representative of the Secretary General to South Sudan and also to head the world body’s mission in the volatile Great lakes country. The New Zealander, David...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Museveni Joins Acholi to Pay Tribute to Late Tito Okello Lutwa
President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday joined the people of Acholi Sub-Region in Northern Uganda to pay tribute to former President, General Tito Okello Lutwa, who he described as a man who used to work...
View ArticleInjured NRA Choir Master Appeals To Museveni
A Retired UPDF soldier in Kiruhura has written to President Yoweri Museveni seeking assistance with his medical bills. WO II RAV25550 Amos Atwongyeirwe, who also served in the old National Resistance...
View ArticleState House Official Found With No Toilet; Cautioned
There was drama yesterday in Ibanda, where the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Mr. Eliasto Akatuheebwa went to resolve a feud between two locals at Karere Trading Center, Bufunda Division in the...
View ArticleFDC Lays Out Roadmap to Replace Muntu as Party President
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has Monday issued a roadmap for the election of the party’s new president as the term of the current president Gen. Mugisha Muntu winds up. Muntu became FDC party...
View ArticleCourt Sets Judgment Date for Battered WBS Journalist
Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu has set the March 10th, 2017 to deliver the judgment in a two year old case where former Old Kampala DPC Joram Mwesigye is accused of assaulting a WBS...
View ArticleMillennials Don’t Know Where Museveni Found Uganda – Minister
As preparations commence for this year’s NRM/NRA 31st anniversary, Ugandans have been urged to always look back at where President Yoweri Museveni and his government found the country and what they did...
View ArticleRAHU Launches 2017 Young Achievers Awards
The Young Achievers Awards, 2017 a platform that recognizes young people in innovation, social enterprises and other outstanding personalities have Monday been launched. This year’s edition will reward...
View ArticleGen Muhoozi: Uganda Special Forces a Success Story
The Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations and outgoing commander of the Special Forces, Maj. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has handed over command of the elite UPDF unit to Col. Don Nabasa, who...
View ArticleUphold Standards; Gen. Kainerugaba Urges the Special Forces
The outgoing commander of the UPDF Special Forces Command, Maj. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has appealed to the new Special Forces Command leadership to maintain the discipline, cohesion, and work ethic...
View Article300 Youths to Discuss Agricultural Growth at MasterCard Foundation’s Young...
More than 300 global and African thought leaders and youth agripreneurs will come together for The MasterCard Foundation’s second Young Africa Works Summit on February 16-17 in Kigali, Rwanda. The...
View ArticleMuseveni Praises Madhvani Group for Contribution to Uganda’s Economic Growth
President Yoweri Museveni has praised Kakira-based Madhivani Group for their contribution to the economic growth of the country. He assured them of the bill to be tabled in Parliament to allow the...
View ArticleISO Chief Ronnie Balya Redeployed
Internal Security Organisation boss Brig. Ronnie Balya has been reassigned by President Museveni, Chimp Corps report. In what appears a major shake-up of security forces, Brig. Balya is being appointed...
View ArticleUNCERTAIN: MPs Petition Kadaga over Car Money
A total of 31 Members of Parliament facing election petitions at the Court of Appeal have petitioned the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga and the Parliamentary Commission over their delayed money for cars. In a...
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