Kabale’s Besigye Keihwa Pulls Out of Race Against Minister Bahati
Four people who picked nomination forms to contest on different parliamentary seats in Kabale district including the incumbent Kabale LC5 chairman Patrick Besigye Keihwa did not show up for...
View ArticleBuganda Names Museveni Taskforce for 2021
Buganda and Kampala regions have launched a joint Taskforce for National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer, President Yoweri Museveni ahead of 2021 general elections. The function held at Golden...
View ArticleFull List of Unopposed MPs Who Joined 11th Parliament
A total of 6 Members of Parliament went through the just concluded nomination exercise unopposed which granted them seats in the 11th Parliament without participating in the election process By closure...
View ArticleDokolo NRM Leaders Abandon MP Flag Bearer
Dokolo North NRM sub-county chairpersons have abandoned the official party flag bearer for Member of Parliament, Moses Ogwal Goli and instead rallied behind the incumbent Paul Amoru Omiat. Mr. Ogwal...
View ArticleCampaigns Haven’t Started Yet – Gov’t Warns Candidates
Government has warned candidates seeking electoral positions across the country to desist from holding campaigns before the time designated by the Electoral Commission (EC). Addressing journalists on...
View Article24 arrested at Entebbe Airport with forged Covid-19 Test Results
Aviation Police on Sunday arrested 24 people at Entebbe airport with fake negative Covid-19 test results. The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCCA) spokesperson, Mr Vianney Luggya, said that those...
View ArticleKayunga: Karangwa Fronts Daughter to Unseat Nantaba
Kayunga district party chairperson Moses Karangwa has said he will work tooth and nail to ensure her daughter, Jackline Birungi, who is an independent, defeats the incumbent, Idah Nantaba, and the NRM...
View ArticleTycoon Haruna Pardons 6-Month Arcade Rent
City businessman Haruna Sentongo, the proprietor of Haruna Mall in Ntinda has announced he will not be collecting rent from over 120 tenants for six months. The tycoon says this is meant to help the...
View ArticleGayaza High School Speaks Out On “Naked Student”
Gayaza High School has opened up on the heavily circulated clip on a young woman who was filmed naked and purported to be a student at the school. The school says while the girl (names withheld) used...
View ArticleCelebrities to ‘Freely’ Handover Military Uniform Replicas to Police
Following the arrest of the 81 National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters for the illegal use of patented armed force uniform designs and their replicas, Uganda Police Force Spokesperson Fred Enanga has...
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2021 Polls: FDC Unveils 284-Member Presidential Campaign Team
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has today unveiled a 284-member team that will canvass votes for its candidates at Parliamentary, Local Government and Presidential tiers in the forthcoming 2021...
View ArticleTribunal Quashes Suspension of Makerere Staff Leader Dr Kamunyu
A tribunal has trashed last year’s suspension of the chairperson of Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA), Dr Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi, and declared that all his salary be repaid in full....
View ArticleKatikiro Condemns Police Actions on Mbogo Clan Members
The Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda Kingdom Charles Peter Mayiga has condemned the recent disruption by police of the a Mbogo clan meeting. Over the weekend Police fired tear gas and bullets to...
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Museveni Back in Town After Weeklong Retreat
President Yoweri Museveni has Monday morning returned from a six-day retreat to the countryside. The president and some of his family members last Tuesday flew off to his ranch in Kisozi Gomba....
View ArticleKiruhura: Museveni Cautions Against Internal Political Fights
President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to avoid internal political fights, bribery, forgery and flouting election processes. The President over the weekend called on them to embrace...
View ArticlePolice Sorry for Tear-gassing Church Leaders, Clan Elders in Mityana
Uganda Police Force has Monday apologized to Mbogo clan elders and church leaders who got tear-gassed on Saturday in Mityana district. The apology from the law enforcement body was delivered by...
View ArticleCovid19: Parliament Asked to Fast Track Tax Amendment Bills
Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) under the Tax Justice Alliance Uganda (TJAU) have asked Parliament to act swiftly in passing tax amendment bills for Financial Year 2020/21 so as to revive the...
View ArticleStella Nyanzi, Other FDC Officials Arrested for Protesting Gov’t Move to...
Former Makerere University researcher and aspiring Kampala Woman Member of Parliament, Dr Stella Nyanzi alongside other opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party officials have been arrested....
View ArticleBurundi Court Sentences Former President Pierre Buyoya to Life Imprisonment
The Supreme court in Burundi has Tuesday sentenced former President Pierre Buyoya in absentia and 18 others to life imprisonment for their role in the assassination of the country’s first...
View ArticleNRM Is the Real People Power Party – Minister Kiwanda
State Minister for Tourism Hon Godfrey Kiwanda Ssuubi has scoffed at opposition parties that keep accusing the ruling government of being dictatorial when they themselves cannot manage simple...
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