Hooligans Should Be Banned for Good – KCCA FC Coach Mutebi
KCCA FC Coach Mike Hillary Mutebi Monday showed his anger towards the actions of the SC Villa fans they portrayed on Saturday at Kitende. “We should know that those referees are just like us so they...
View ArticleNSSF Commissions $400m Housing Project in Lubowa
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has commissioned the construction of the long awaited 2740 Unit housing project in Lubowa, Wakiso district with an aim of providing decent housings to Ugandans...
View ArticleFrustration as Dott Services Blocks Tirinyi-Mbale Road Rehabilitation Process
Plans to rehabilitate Nakalama-Tirinyi-Mbale road in Eastern Uganda have hit a snag after Dott Services secured a court injunction blocking Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) from awarding the...
View ArticleOpposition Block Tabling of Age Limit Motion Again
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has been forced to suspend the house plenary after she failed to tame Members of Parliament, opposed the removal of the Presidential Age Limit. With several dozen MPs on the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Fight Erupts at Uganda Parliament as Kadaga Suspends Violent MPs
Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has suspended scores of MPs for three sittings over misconduct, Chimp Corps report. Most of the affected lawmakers are from the opposition. The MPs who include Mukono...
View ArticleAge Limit: Bobi Wine, Otto, Ssewanyana, Other Opposition MPs Arrested
Several members of parliament have been picked by police from the plenary session, and taken to a yet to be identified destination, Chimp corps report. Chimp corps at parliament have been able to...
View ArticlePICTORIAL: Ugandan MPs Fight in Parliament Chambers
The Uganda democracy suffered a major blow on Wednesday as opposition lawmakers used fists, microphones and chairs to fight with security officials on the floor of Parliament. It all started with...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Female MP Faints, Other Injured in Scuffle at Parliament
Soroti Woman Member of Parliament Angelina Osege has Wednesday afternoon fainted in the parliamentary chambers during a scuffle that ensued after Speaker Rebecca Kadaga announced that she was...
View ArticleAge Limit Bill Tabled in Absence of Opposition
Igara West Member of Parliament Raphael Magezi at last got the opportunity to table his motion seeking leave of Parliament to work the constitutional amendment bill that seeks to get rid of the...
View ArticleURA Appreciates Uganda’s Taxpayers
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has Wednesday, Sept. 27, opened a three-day exhibition at Kololo Independence grounds under the Theme ‘Appreciating Uganda’s Taxpayer: The Nexus between Public Accounting...
View ArticleMuseveni Travels to Brussels
President Yoweri Museveni has left for Brussels (Belgium) with a delegation from the East African Community members states to discuss the issue of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) with European...
View ArticleOpondo: Obstructionist MPs Deserved Tougher Punishment
Government has supported the security forces’ forceful removal of suspended MPs from Parliament, saying the affected lawmakers deserved a bigger punishment. “Those obstruction and violent MPs who...
View ArticleGov’t Warns MPs Opposed to Age Limit Bill: No One is Above the Law
Government has sternly warned MPs opposed to the presidential age limit bill of legal action, saying they are not above the law. “We delimited impunity by armed forces, we cannot afford to have...
View ArticleAge Limit Protesters Charged
Four youths who were arrested for planning to protest against the lifting of the age limit from the constitution have been charged by Buganda Road Court grade one magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu with...
View ArticleMinister Impressed by Mbarara Bypass Progress
The minister of works and transport Eng. Monica Azuba Ntege said yesterday she was enthralled by the works done so far on the Mbarara Norther Bypass. The road which bypasses the northern part of...
View ArticleOBORE: Kadaga Acted Within Rules
The Communications and Public Relations Director of Parliament, Chris Obore has said Speaker Rebecca Kadaga acted within the house rules on Wednesday when suspended legislators were forcefully ejected...
View ArticleOlder Persons Day to be Celebrated in Kiboga
The International Day for older persons is set to be celebrated in Uganda on October 1st at the Saza Ground, in Kiboga District. The Minister of State for Gender and Culture Hon Peace Mutuuzo said the...
View ArticleHealth Ministry’s Mbonye Goes to Court over Demotion
The acting Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Dr Anthony Mbonye, has gone to court, protesting his removal from the position by the Health Ministry Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwine. Dr...
View ArticleKayihura: Our Officers Accepted Humiliation at Parliament
Police officers who used force to remove suspended MPs from the Parliament Chambers deserve praise not condemnation, Gen Kale Kayihura has observed. Human Rights Groups, opposition members and some...
View ArticleUgandans Hold Anti-Age Limit Demo in London
Ugandans have staged a demonstration in London in a show of solidarity with local opposition members fighting plans to lift the presidential age limit. The demonstration that took place in London on 27...
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