PHOTOS: Police Squeeze Protesters’ Private Parts
Police have today used excessive force to contain protesters in the Kyadondo East by-election. While Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Frank Mwesigwa urged restraint, some officers were seen...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Military Police Deployed as Tension in Kyadondo Rises
Security has been tightened in Kyadondo East as one of Uganda’s most heated by-elections in recent years comes to an end. The heavily-armed military police personnel were today Thursday poured in the...
View ArticlePolice Clarifies on Assaulting Candidate Nkunyingi
Police have refuted reports that one of the candidates in the Kyadondo East by-elections, Muwada Nkunyingi was beaten by police before being arrested and later taken to hospital. Nkunyingi was early in...
View ArticleFinance Ministry’s New Software to Assess Policy Impact on Sectors
The Ministry of Finance has Thursday launched a system that will provide data based analysis to ease the assessment of policy impact on the different sectors of the economy. The Integrated Macro...
View ArticleBobi Wine Wins Kyadondo East MP Race
9:46: Robert Kyagulanyi has been declared winner of the Kyandondo East elections by the Electoral Commission. Bobi scooped 25659 votes on the race, a landslide 77.7% of the vote. He beat is strongest...
View ArticleBesigye Congratulates Bobi Wine on ‘Landslide Victory’ as Vote Tallying...
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) strongman Dr. Kizza Besigye has congratulated Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine on what he called a Landslide victory in the Kyadondo East parliamentary by...
View ArticleBobi Wine Victory Speech: I will Represent All
Independent Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) came out a little early to deliver a victory speech, after it emerged clear enough he would be announced winner of the Kyadondo East By Elections....
View ArticleOpondo, Nandala Mafabi Concede Defeat, Congratulate Bobi Wine
Government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo is among the first people to congratulate Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi upon ‘winning’ the Kyadondo East constituency parliamentary seat although vote tallying is...
View ArticleNRM’s Kasule Lumumba Concedes Defeat in Kyadondo By Elections
Justine Kasule Lumumba, the ruling National Resistance Movement Secretary General has accepted the party’s early defeat in the Kyadondo East constituency Parliamentary polls. The NRM had fronted...
View ArticleLukwago: Bobi Wine’s Win a Manifestation of Supremacy of Will of the People
Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has described Bobi Wine’s landslide victory in the Kyadondo East Parliamentary by elections as “a Manifestation of Supremacy of the will of the people.” Lukwago who is...
View ArticleBaryamureeba Challenges Nawangwe Election as Mak VC
One of the two unsuccessful contenders in the just finished race for the Makerere Vice Chancellor seat, Prof Venansius Baryamureeba is not conceding defeat. Prof Barya as he is mostly known was voted...
View ArticleHow Bobi Wine Swept Kyadondo East By-election
By mid-day, it was evident that singer Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine was destined to win the Kyadondo East by-election. His supporters started jubilation as early as 4:30pm before counting...
View ArticlePS Diana Atwine: We Will Be a Little Harsh on Accountability
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health Dr Diana Atwine yesterday warned local government health officials that she will be more than intolerant to whoever doesn’t give accountability on both...
View ArticleUgandans Get Queen’s Young Leaders Award
Her Majesty The Queen of England, Elizabeth II, has presented young people from Uganda with a Queen’s Young Leaders Award at Buckingham Palace, Chimp Corps report. Joel Baraka, Favourite Driciru and...
View ArticleGen Kainerugaba Graces Djibouti Independence Celebrations
The Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations, Maj Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has graced the 40th independence anniversary celebrations of the Republic of Djibouti, held in the capital, also...
View ArticleBoU Staff to Operationalise Deposit Protection Fund
Bank of Uganda (BoU) has seconded an interim team of officials to operationalise the Deposit Protection Fund (DPF). DPF is a newly established institution following the enactment of the Financial...
View ArticleBamugemereire Commission Makes More Arrests in Jinja
The Catherine Bamugemereire headed commission of inquiry into land issues has caused the arrest of Yahaya Kisakye, a fraudster who has been masquerading as Personal Assistant to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga...
View ArticleMak Council Recommends Principals, Deputy Principals to Chancellor
Makerere University Council has considered 12 names for the positions of Principal and Deputy Principal in different colleges of the oldest university in the country. The meeting was held on Thursday...
View ArticleREA Plans 345.8 Km of Power Lines in West Nile
Government through the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has secured funding for construction of Rural Electrification Projects in West Nile region. In the projects, the Agency intends to construct up...
View ArticleGovernment Earmarks 8Bn to Pump Water to Mbarara from R. Kagera
Uganda has secured from the Government of France about Shs. 7.9billion to pump water from River Kagera to supply Mbarara and Isingiro districts. According to the regional National Water and Sewerage...
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