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Parliament Empowers Finance Minister to Levy Rent
Parliament on Thursday after a heated debate passed the Income Tax Amendment Bill 2017 empowering the Minister of Finance to make rental estimates in the country. The Minister of Finance has been...
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Woman Remanded for Stealing Tycoon Freeman Kiyimba’s Shs. 384 Million
Buganda road chief magistrate Jamson Karemani has charged a Kikuubo business lady Juliet Nabunya with 110 counts relating to theft of 384 million shillings belonging to John Fred Kiyimba ‘Freeman,’...
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NFA, Uhuru Institute Sign MoU to Promote Forest Conservation
Uganda’s forest cover continues to dwindle every other year. A report released by the National Forestry Authority (NFA) in 2015 indicated that forest cover had reduced by approximately 1.3 million...
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Sacked South Sudan Army Chief Flees Without Handing Over
The sacked powerful SPLA Chief of Staff, Gen. Paul Malong has fled from capital Juba without handing over to his successor. On Tuesday evening, President Salva Kiir replaced Malong who has been his...
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Rwampara Residents Resort to Hand-Made Roads
Locals in Rwampara County in Mbarara district have come up with the initiative of setting up their own infrastructure rather than waiting upon government. The concept is being spearheaded by the...
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Ex- Kisoro MP Eudia Kwizera Dead
Eudia Kwizera, the former Kisoro Woman Member of Parliament is dead. Kwizera served in the 8th Parliament (2006 to 2011) before she lost the seat to Sarah Nyirabahitsi Mateke the daughter of State...
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World Bank Visits Innovator Katamba as Jaguza Livestock App Sets to Go...
Uganda’s multi award winning Agricultural innovation, Jaguza Livestock App is set to go international, Afrosoft boss Ronald Katamba has revealed. He said he is working on partnerships with the African...
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Journalists Tipped on Security, Safety
A group of 40 journalists have been equipped with skills in security and safety while carrying out their jobs. The 2 day training workshop was organised by Human Rights Network for Journalists at...
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Famine: Lango Paramount Chief Rejects Relief Food Donation
By Mungu Richard Jakisa The Lango paramount chief Mzee Yosam Odur has rejected a donation of relief food from government of Uganda amidst calls for the responsible officers to be punished over the...
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PHOTOS: Emotions as Amb. Kabonero Bows Out After 10 Years of Excellence
It was an emotional moment as Ugandan Ambassador Richard Kabonero recalled the challenging but equally rewarding moments during his 10-year stay in the land of a Thousand Hills. “After 10 wonderful...
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UNRA Terminates Dott Services Contract on Mbale-Tirinyi Road
The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has terminated their contract with construction company Dott Services on the rehabilitation of the Nakalama-Tirinyi-Mbale road. The development comes less...
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Come Build a Processing Factory in Uganda – Museveni Tells Former Saudi Envoy
President Yoweri Museveni has urged the out going Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Uganda Dr. Jamal bin Abdulaziz Raffa, to come back to Uganda and invest in the economy of the country especially in the...
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Museveni on Burundi: We Should Never Neglect Any Opportunity for Dialogue
President Yoweri Museveni has said he will highlight the issue of a joint move to Burundi by the lead facilitator and mediator in an effort to urge all stakeholders to engage in dialogue, to the EAC...
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Kigezi Commences Week-long Commemoration of Late Bishop Kivengere
The Diocese of Kigezi today commenced the weeklong remembrance of the life of the first black Bishop of the Diocese Bishop Festo Kivengere, 28 years after his death. Reverend Canon Obed Turihohabwe,...
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Herbert Kabafunzaki Turns to Jesus
Herbert Kabafunzaki, the suspended State Minister of Labour has decided to give his life to God. Kabafunzaki who is also the Rukiga County MP this weekend told his constituents that he chose to...
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LIRA: Locals Use Relief Food to Brew Alcohol
Crime preventers in Teso Bar, Adyel division, Lira municipality are seeking permission to conduct an operation in the area following reports that some individuals there are using the recently...
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How Rebel Clan Leaders Beat Security to Install Parallel Lango Paramount Chief
“Once bitten twice shy’’, goes the adage. On the night of February 09th 2017, two truck-loads of heavily armed police personnel commanded by the North Kioga regional police chief, John Ematu stormed...
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Two Arrested With 35kg Ivory in Arua District
Police in Arua District are holding two men who were arrested with 35.2 kilograms of pure elephant Ivory. Swadiq Atidra 57, a Muezzin (A person who calls others for prayers in a mosque) and Muzamir...
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Kizza Besigye Arrested in Isingiro
Police in Isingiro district today arrested FDC’s Col Dr Kizza Besigye who they accused of unlawful assembly. Besigye was roughly picked up at Kazaaho Play Ground in Isingiro where he was slated to hold...
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Lukwago Wages War on ‘Kampala Dictatorship’
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has sought to make clear to Parliament that he and his council “will not tolerate dictatorship in Kampala city.” The mayor to spoke angrily against the proposed Kampala...
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