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Minister Displeased By Kenya, Rwanda Ban on Ugandan Chicken
The Minister of Agriculture Hon Vincent Ssempijja has described as “uncalled for” the closure of Kenyan and Rwandan markets on poultry products from Uganda over the reported outbreak of Bird Flu in the...
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Museveni to Meet U.N. Chiefs Over M23 Rebels
United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region Said Djinnit is today Tuesday expected to meet with President Museveni for a high-level meeting in Uganda. The agenda is yet to be officially...
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Mumbere Applies for Fresh Bail
Barely 3 weeks since his re-arrest by police after being released by Jinja High Court, Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere has applied afresh for bail. Through his team of lawyers led by Caleb Alaka, the...
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Prisoner Wages Upped to Shs. 1400 from 500
Following concerns about the insignificant payment made to prisoners who offer labour to private work, the Prisons Commissioner General, Johnson Byabashaija has issued a new payment scheme yet to be...
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Amb Mfumukeko Advises on EAC Cross-border Power Trade, Grid Interconnection
The Secretary General of the East African Community, Amb. Liberat Mfumukeko, over the weekend presided over the Ministerial Session of the 12th Council of Ministers Meeting of the Eastern Africa Power...
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49% Ugandans Feel Safe When Outside Alone at Night – GCIC Poll
Recent findings by the Government Citizen Interaction Centre (GCIC) have revealed that only 49% of Ugandans feel safe while alone at night. The figure was arrived at after a social media poll run by...
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PHOTOS: Col. Ankunda Hands Over Office as UPDF Spokesperson
It was a combination of sad and joyous moments on Tuesday evening as Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda handed over office as the spokesperson of the UPDF and Ministry of Defense to Brig. Richard Karemire. The...
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Byabashaija Bans Transportation of Prisoners by Private Vehicles
The Commissioner General of Prisons Service, Johnson Byabashaija has banned the transportation of prisoners for labor by use of private vehicles. This follows a fatal accident that happened last week...
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Uganda Rises 12 Spots in Global Corruption Rankings
The perception of corruption in Uganda’s public sector increased much more in 2016 compared to the previous year according to a new index by Transparency International. Uganda’s global ranking has gone...
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Kamwengye: LCV Chairman, Town Clerk Clash Over Closure Of Central Market
Kamwenge District LCV Chairperson, Aggrey Natuhamya has halted the directive by Town Clerk, Mattew Tumushabe to close off Kamwenge central market over lack of a functional toilet facility. In a January...
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Ingrid Nominated for EALA Race, Vows to Regionalise Defiance
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) National Mobilizer, Ingrid Turinawe has Wednesday vowed to further the defiance campaign to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) after being nominated to run...
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15 Rwandese and Congolese Deported
The Kisoro Grade Two Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday ordered the deportation of 15 Rwandan and Congolese illegal entrants into the country. Court presided over by Magistrate Charles Waako heard that the...
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Museveni Meets U.N. Envoy to Great Lakes Region
President Yoweri Museveni on afternoon Tuesday received and held a meeting with Mr. Said Djinit, who is the United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region. During the...
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Yellow Pigs Youth, Augustine Ojobile Joins EALA Race
The Jobless Brotherhood National Mobilizer and member of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Augustine Ojobile has Wednesday been nominated by the party to run for the party ticket for the East...
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Nothing to Celebrate About Liberation Day, Says Besigye
Former Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye has downplayed the significance of celebrating the January 26. Tomorrow, Thursday, the country will celebrate the day that...
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Jinja Municipal Councilors Determined to Oust Mayor
Flamboyant Jinja mayor, Majid Batambuze is in trouble as his own councilors including the ones he personally financed to assume leadership positions have placed an axe on his head, demanding that he...
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EALA Set to Table Bill Protecting Albinos
An EAC Protection of people with albinism Bill, 2016 is in the offing with the House granting its mover, Hon Shyrose Bhanji leave to introduce the Bill. The object of the Bill is to prohibit the...
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Liberation Day: NRM MP Decries ‘31 Years of Hiccups’
Kashari South Member of Parliament Hon. Nathan Twesigye Itungo has highlighted what he termed as ‘hiccups’ that littered the 31 year reign of the National Resistance Movement. The MP said yesterday...
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Lwakataka, Sheema DPC Arrested; Fresh Charges Prepared
A few weeks after Ponsiano Lwakataka was acquitted by Masaka High Court Judge Eudes Katirima of murder charges, fresh ones have been opened up against the prominent rally driver and businessman....
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Nebbi: 2 Arrested Over Ivory Trafficking
Police in Nebbi have arrested two suspected ivory traffickers over illegal possession of protected wild life species. The duo Draku Adnan, 36 a property master from Arua and Bakole Bruhan, 42 a...
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